And so to Curdworth

Another long day in store today, 2 miles and 8 locks to be worked.
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It took us just over the 2 hours as I had to do 4 caches on the way as well!!!
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We reached Curdworth just after 1.30 p.m. and moored up. I spent the afternoon cleaning the boat and the brass as my son and his mates were taking over the boat that evening and I like to leave the boat how I would like to get it back!!!!

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The new crew duly arrived and we sopped over, we took the car, they have the boat. 20 minutes later we were back home and indoors, it had taken 6 hours by boat.

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Tomorrow GUELROSE is heading for Birmingham where the lads are having a night out on the town!! Then they will work it back to Hopwas over the next 2 days.

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That was probably our last cruise of the year, and, as we no longer live on the boat, I will have to go through the process of winterising the boat, something I have not done for many years......

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October Cruising

There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe the weather today so I will just use the one - wonderful!!!!

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A long days cruising today, we left Fazeley, had a quick pumpout at Fazeley Mill Marina (quick is an enigma - you get caught up talking to Corrinne and a quick pumpout expands to 45 minutes!!)

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It took forever to get to the bottom of the Curdworth flight of locks as I insisted on doing some caching on the way, by the time we stopped for lunch I had only found 2 out of 6, 2 I just could not find and the other 2 there were too many people around.

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Afternoon was nuch better, we did all of three locks on the Curdworth flight, finding 4 out of 5 caches in the vicinity, and also found a mooring near the Dog n Doublet. I shall try and find the missing cache in the morning before we leave.

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As I said before, a long day. 4 miles and 3 locks, tomorrow could be even longer, 2 miles and 8 locks, and maybe, just maybe, a few more caches on the way

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On the move again

Allbeit for a short time...... i.e. three days.
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My son wanted a last cruise of the year, he and his mates love going to Birmingham for the weekend, but...... they didn't have enough time to get from Hopwas to Birmingham and back in 3 days, so mum..... and dad..... could you take the boat a little way for us!!!

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So we packed up a few bits and pices, and, oh, by the way dad, could you do a little bit of shopping for us (the bill came to over £140!!) as we will not be up much before ten on Friday evening, and set off from Hopwas cruising all the way to Fazeley. Tomorrow we shall do a few of the Curdworth flight, finishing them off on Friday. We don't really mind as it is a few days away and gives us the chance to do the Drayton Bassett and Curdworth series of caches on the way.

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More tomorrow, internet connection permitting.