{"id":4143,"date":"2019-08-19T19:48:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2019-08-19T19:48:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:48:55","slug":"day-100-our-first-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"Day 100 &#8211; Our First Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow, 100 consecutive days aboard Oliver, that&#8217;s a first (but will it be the last?!) Just a short hop for us today, so after letting Eira out for a morning wee we got back in bed for our tea and coffee.  I took Eira for a walk and Sarah topped up food supplies at Morrisons, we eventually cast off at 10am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07189.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07189.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07189-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07189-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just the 5 locks at Tyrley to tackle today. We were really lucky &#8211; with a steady stream of boats coming the other way, Sarah didn&#8217;t have to open a single entry gate, nor close an exit one, making the locks a breeze.<\/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\/08\/DSC07195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07195.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4139\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4139\" class=\"wp-image-4139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07195.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07195-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07195-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07196.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07196.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4140\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4140\" class=\"wp-image-4140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07196.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07196-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07196-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Eira seems to really like the locks and was quite fascinated by them, following Sarah as she opened paddles, then running back to check that I was ok, back and forth she 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data-id=\"4132\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4132\" class=\"wp-image-4132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07213.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07213-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07213-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cadbury&#8217;s used to collect milk from the wharf at the top of the flight and take it to their factory at Knighton, near to we&#8217;re now moored for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07218.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07218.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07218-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07218-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This must be smallest, narrowest narrowboat we&#8217;ve ever seen on the canal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07223.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07223.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07223.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07223-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07223-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever I think of the Shroppie, it&#8217;s the deep verdant cuttings that always come to mind. Woodseaves Cutting is over 100 feet deep in places, and it all felt rather other-worldly as we passed through, seemingly cut off from the rest of the world. We kept our fingers crossed that no trees would fall down!<\/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\/08\/DSC07238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07238.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4135\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4135\" class=\"wp-image-4135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07238.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07238-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07249.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4136\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4136\" class=\"wp-image-4136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07249.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07249-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07249-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We moored shortly before Knighton, deep in the countryside; perfect for an afternoon walk with Eira. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07265.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07265.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07265.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07265-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07265-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, 100 consecutive days aboard Oliver, that&#8217;s a first (but will it be the last?!) Just a short hop for us today, so after letting Eira out for a morning wee we got back in bed for our tea and coffee. I took Eira for a walk and Sarah topped up food supplies at Morrisons, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 100 &#8211; Our First Century<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[34],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-4143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-grand-tour","tag-shropshire-union"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07213.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-14P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4146,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions\/4146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}