Retirement with No Problem

Middlewich to Billinge Green Flash, 4 miles 1 lock

We waited all morning for Geoff and Mags with Seyella who were moored some way behind us.. well there was a wide lock ahead, the two boats would have fitted in side by side.  Then by went a BW working boat, and not long after Seyella.. I quickly pulled the pins to follow Geoff down to the locks, but……. “We’re going down with the working boat!”… “Oh what!! We been waiting all morning for you!”.. Shaking my fist in the air, I bantered such words as “bugg*r off then”,”we know who are friends are!”.. and here is the proof.. the pair of them in the lock..

Sheesh!

But before that, we said our fond farewells to our travelling companions of the last three weeks or so…

Chas and Ann, and little Molly aboard Moore2Life.  We often travel together first meeting in ice, would you believe, at Banbury in 2003…  It is noted in Chas’ book which he has published online here..

“Got to know Vic & Sue on No Problem. Sue had gone off and found an Internet Cafe and set up a quiz about the Canal on her web site. Turned out that she knows a lot about the network and has designed her own web site for her business. Sue encouraged me get on the net. ‘Car Phone Warehouse’ provided the phone and lead and after a considerable learning curve and by the end of the week we were on line.”

Gosh that seems so long ago now!

Oh and Andrew Denny’s observations when we met a couple of weeks ago….

No Problem and Moore 2 Life are a cute pair; although unrelated they seem to travel as a caravan (in the traditional sense, of a group of people journeying together), and often even share dinners – especially Sunday roasts – together.  

I never thought of it as travelling as a ‘caravan’ perhaps we should be selling pegs and bits of heather or something, but it is nice sometimes to have company during the winter months when the evenings draw in so early.

We caught up with Geoff and Mags at one of the flashes or wide waters which are in evidence along this part of the canal.. due to subsidence of the banks the water has flowed into the fields making huge lakes..

Its was awful, the sun was shining on the windows… I would HAVE to do them today.  But not before a peace offering of Mags’ fabulous home made ginger cake and the usual cuppa aboard Seyella… Ah, that made up for before.. all forgiven now..