Below New Marton Locks

For months we had the goal of reaching Llangollen Basin by Christmas. Juggling planned and unplanned canal closures together with the winter weather. Since our New Year mooring at Froncysyllte we've not had a short term travel goal to keep us moving forwards and we've felt a bit lost without it. We're retracing our steps, seeing sights we've seen before. Don't get us wrong, these sights are beautiful, but we're struggling to transition from a feeling of 'doing' to one of 'just being'.

We worked our way through two locks and stopped soon after the second on a stretch of towpath which we hoped wouldn't be too muddy. Nici and Sharon with Jackson the Staffy on Delta (aka The Beanie Boat) came past after a while and moored a little further along.Read more