On our way up the LLangollen we had an extra crew member for a few days. Julie & I went to school together, and since she emigrated to New Zealand 20 years ago we've only met up twice, during her previous visits in 2003 & 2006. Her parents kindly volunteered to drive up from High Wycombe & drop Julie off so that we could meet up again. They managed to track us down in Wrenbury last Wednesday afternoon, and after a quick cuppa set off for a few nights in what turned out to be Cheshire's answer to Fawlty Towers. We meanwhile put Julie to work & went through 4 locks before stopping for the night. Julie was staying until Friday afternoon & we decided to see how far we could get. We thought it would be nice to get as far as the Pontcysylite Aqueduct, although we knew that was a bit ambitious! As it turned out, we only made it as far as Chirk, but the weather was pretty kind to us & Julie got to try out lots of different jobs!
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| Julie working a lock.... |
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| ...and a lift bridge |
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| Having a rest & riding up through the staircase locks |
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| Steering....and drinking tea (needs much more practice at the tea drinking!) |
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| Chirk Aquaduct.....we didn't have time to go across in M, for which I think Julie was grateful! |
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| Julie looking relieved at heading back onto dry land! |
We really enjoyed having Julie aboard & just hope that the experience hasn't scarred her for life!
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