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Five Counties in 14 days – Wet weather challenge

Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the canal system to Canadian family. It was the first real canal boat holiday …Read More

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Five Counties in 14 days – don’t do this at home!

Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the Four counties ring and my hometown of Birmingham to Canadian family. It was …Read More

Four Counties Ring compromised by breach on Middlewich Branch.

Four Counties Ring alternatives

We were all shocked by the scale of the damage to the Middlewich Branch of the Shroppie in 2018. The closure meant the popular Four …Read More

Canal boat holiday from Overwater Marina, Audlem Cheshire. Start of our clockwise Four Counties Ring cruise

Like the Amazing Race, only wetter!

My first narrowboat cruise since relocating to Toronto was an adventure. I returned to England with my Canadian wife and her close cousin and husband …Read More

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