{"id":2892,"date":"2019-06-22T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2019-06-22T20:53:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T19:53:29","slug":"day-42-gone-looney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2892","title":{"rendered":"Day 42 &#8211; Gone Looney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We awoke this morning to grey skies and rather chilly temperatures leaving our mooring at 9:30.&nbsp; As we made our way towards Hest Bank the clouds cleared, the sun came out and the day warmed up more than a little.&nbsp; By the time we arrived it was distinctly hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hardly saw any boats until we reached the Lune Aqueduct.&nbsp; We decided to stop so we could walk down and take some pictures from below and two narrow boats appeared from the opposite direction.&nbsp; They also decided to stop so we had quite a gathering all moored along the aqueduct.<br>From above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2890\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2890\" class=\"wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2887\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2887\" class=\"wp-image-2887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2889\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2889\" class=\"wp-image-2889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2888\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2888\" class=\"wp-image-2888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We took what appeared to be the last available spot before Hest Bank as there was a long line of boats in front of us.\u00a0 A gentleman from Cala\u00a0Basa\u00a0 appeared and asked if we knew anything about engines.\u00a0 Our sketchy knowledge was somewhat better than his. We concluded that his starter motor was not engaging and there was not much we could do to help.\u00a0 He called his rescue company who came to a similar conclusion.\u00a0 Unfortunately a new starter solenoid was needed so they were stuck with a two or three day wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We decided to do a bit of fishing.  Peter caught a few tiddlers but Romy hit the big time and had a great struggle to land her fish even bending the net in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2891\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2891\" class=\"wp-image-2891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2896\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2896\" class=\"wp-image-2896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-9.jpg 918w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-9-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-9-768x1004.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We walked, taking the shortest possible route, to the coast, followed by a stroll along the shore line to Happy Mount Park and then, but only after ice creams, took the circular route back to Oliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romy made an excellent job of cooking gammon steaks for dinner having decided that the fish was far too big for just three of us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We awoke this morning to grey skies and rather chilly temperatures leaving our mooring at 9:30.&nbsp; As we made our way towards Hest Bank the clouds cleared, the sun came out and the day warmed up more than a little.&nbsp; By the time we arrived it was distinctly hot. We hardly saw any boats until &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2892\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 42 &#8211; Gone Looney<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-grand-tour","tag-lancaster-canal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hest-Bank-5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-KE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions\/2898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}