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Sunday 7th March 2010
Another cold start to the day. This time minus 9.5 and enough to freeze the canal yet again.  I certainly broke some miles of ice today!
Not much to say about the journey though, as it all went like clockwork. I started very early and arrived at Long Itchington about 9am, just in [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday 21st February 2010
I looked out at 7am just in time to see the tail end of a snowstorm which had added at least another two inches of fresh snow overnight but at least this meant the temperature was on the rise after hitting minus 5.5 during the night.
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Saturday 20th February 2010
Woke up to a very cold Birmingham and all thoughts of a dawn departure vanished into duvet land.
Good old Zulu’s 37 year old engine was good enough to start first time after two weeks resting and we set off to Cambrian Wharf for water, and then to Sherbourne Wharf for [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday 3rd January 2010
I left Zulu in Brewood on Friday night, hoping somehow that this cold weather would be over within a couple of days, but it rather looks like it could be well over a week before the trip can be resumed with the weather still getting worse in places.
Sadly this means [...]
Continue Reading →Friday 1st January 2010
After a lazy day yesterday I got up at 7 to walk the dog and set off for Autherley at 8am. The canal was frozen solid but the ice had all formed overnight, so was not more than a quarter inch thick in most places, so we had the satisfying sound of [...]
Continue Reading →On Friday night the canal began to freeze over at 4pm and by next morning it was solid ice up to 3/4 inch thick, but despite this the ground was of course solid but not at all slippery. It was like walking in the dry cold of an industrial deep freeze, and gloves would freeze to [...]
Continue Reading →Well the Big Lock re-opening has been delayed until 23rd, but despite the 3/4 inch ice on the canal here in Middlewich, and minus 7 degrees at 7am, a whole team of BW men have turned up and worked the first dozen boats through already.
Its open until 3pm, then again tomorrow from 11 to [...]
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