This should have been posted way back in June, but I had no signal. Still, better late than never!
The Great Escape
freedom
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Acting flash.
From Northwich, we headed beyond the navigable part of the Weaver onto Winsford Flash, which is a lake like widening of the river. Because the whole area has been mined for salt since Roman times, many areas of subsidence have occurred and these "Flashes" abound in the area. Winsford is larger than most and has a sailing club on it. We only tootled around at the beginning and moored up for lunch.
We were wary of running aground, since,
although narrow boats have a shallow draught, the flash is very shallow. We all emerged unscathed.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Just wondering if this is a way to get in touch. We got back to GH today, and saw The Great Escape was moored the other way round to when we left in August. Wondered if you'd managed to get some time on the boat, or if those personal bits and pieces ended up making that impossible.
ReplyDeleteMartin (30/10/14)
Martin! Have only just got back in here after a big break! Will try to do better! Are you on Facebook? I'd give you my email address but don't want to do it publicly on here.
ReplyDelete