We set off today, after taking a collection of rope, carrier bags & a pair of trousers out of the weed hatch. An old friend came to see us with her little 15 month old daughter. We waited for Fiona to come back after having a silver fern tattoo on her wrist.
After a further cup of tea, we set off up the Ashton Flight. This canal skirts the Manchester City Stadium, Sport City and the Velodrome and takes you through some of the more colourful areas of Manchester. Their idea of recycling seems to be to dump everything in the cut, so we had to reopen the weed hatch and remove a sweatshirt caught on the prop.
We finally finished the flight at 8.15, 5 hours of slog, but at least we didn't hit anything big, or find anything nasty in the weed hatch. We are currently moored in Audenshawe and will head off to Ashton-Under-Lyne in the morning.
Day off from locking tomorrow, there are only so many aches and pains, you can take!
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