Day 43 – Fit For Twits

We left our pleasant mooring just after Rakes Head Bridge, near Hest Bank just before 9 am this morning with a well researched plan to meet up with Sarah near Borwick Hall where the guide showed some good moorings.  Unfortunately, as we all know, the best laid plans ….ugh!  The indicated moorings were fine if you had a draft of only a few inches or a very sloping side.  Not much cop however for a narrow boat.  After several attempts we were forced to give up.  Unfortunately the visitor mooring as Tewitfield were no better.  We ended up on the mooring for the services but as far back as we could possibly get so another boat could get in and use the facilities.  Not a choice we would ever normally make.  The other downside was that this mooring is only about 25 metres from the M6.  We are however within inches of the furthest possible point of navigation.

The journey to get here was fairly uneventful and unspectacular so we have a great paucity of pictures.  We filled up with water at Carnforth where in spite of the door clearly showing a pumpout symbol there is NO pumpout.  The sides of the canal are very shallow in places and the sharp left hand bend (travelling north) just before Borwick could be particularly tricky.

After we had moored and met Sarah we went for a walk about and discovered an interesting local farm shop, wine store, butchers general provisions, plants, chocolates just opposite the Longlands Hotel.

We walked along the towpath to have a look at the old disused locks leading to Kendal and we were surprised to see how much water is flowing down and must be running past Oliver.

Trying To Catch Another One
Memories Of Dowley Gap

The Ramblingsheep has rambled on for several days and is now signing off and leaving future blogs to Toby and Sarah. Thank you for viewing.

One thought on “Day 43 – Fit For Twits”

  1. It’s been great to have a break from doing the blog for a whole week, and to read about things from another perspective. Thanks Dad for all the time and effort you put into it.

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