{"id":258,"date":"2015-06-16T18:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-06-16T21:18:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:18:44","slug":"tilston-lock-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Tilstone Lock Locked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An early and somewhat dodgy start as we were aground, it took Toby&#8217;s steering and my brute force to push us off!\u00a0 I had great fun stopping the traffic at the road bridge which included a great big lorry and many a car, you forget that these folk are in a rush and on their way to work as we gently meander along the canal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1323-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"It was a tight squeeze for the lorry across the bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1323-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1323-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a tight squeeze for the lorry across the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Excellent progress on to &#8216;The Shroppie&#8217; and then an abrupt stop at Tilstone Lock and a queue of 5 boats.\u00a0 CRT had closed the lock for a ten minute job and a broken paddle, it was some two hours before we managed to get through and on our way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-253 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1337-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lock stoppage\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1337-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1337-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check out the wooden planks to the right which are used to damn the water while they work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My highlight was meeting a boat called Yorkshire Pudding, apparently the owner was from Crewe!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1336.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-256 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1336-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1336\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1336-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1336-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I asked is the boat owners dog was called gravy, he wasn&#8217;t impressed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We decided to go for it and have a longer day on the way to Christleton on the promise of a lie in the following morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An early and somewhat dodgy start as we were aground, it took Toby&#8217;s steering and my brute force to push us off!\u00a0 I had great fun stopping the traffic at the road bridge which included a great big lorry and many a car, you forget that these folk are in a rush and on their &hellip; 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