Boatdate: 19062021
Location: Blakemere
Heading: Towards Whitchurch
Weather: Amazeballs
I scraped my bottom at Frankton Locks on account of how C, obsessed with wildflower spotting, fogot to lower the paddles when working the lock. It can happen to the best of us but is a hell of an ooops moment when it happens, specially when there is a CRT lock keeper on duty. Mind you, to be fair, I should have spotted it quicker as it was obvious the boat wasn't rising as quickly as it should and I was having to welly it in reverse gear because of the huge flow of water through the lock. Red faces all round. I could definitely feel the hull scraping the bottom between locks but there was just enough water to get me there. The lock keeper was cool about it though and it wouldn't take him long to rectify our mistake by letting more water down to get the level nominal again.
The plan today is to mooch back up the Llangollen and through the Ellesmere Tunnel and moor up for the night at Blakemere with maybe a spot of shopping in Tesco next to Ellesmere basin.
Oh my, it's so tempting to get the kayak out and paddle round this lake for a couple of hours till C spots the notice which sais, no swimming, no boating, no canoedling, and only a bit of (catch and release) fishing allowed. Oh well. Go shopping instead then.
We had spotted nb Pegasus as we passed the Ellesmere turn with lots of interesting looking tiller pins for sale displayed on the roof. Since we have been looking for a Ferret tiller pin for ages, (our pet ferret was called Pan), we decide that it's a must to walk back to them and see what they've got. What a collection! Some they make themselves or have them cast to their spec. Pretty much everything except a ferret there. Still, we are smitten by some of them and these are the ones we love and can't resist buying.
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