wash day blues

Well there are no words that can describe the weather from the last few days .. "diabolicl" is one that springs to mind , it has rained non stop for more than 48 hours.So Honey has had limited walks for the past few days ,she didn`t want to get wet any more than I did !!! but we feel thankful that our house is warm and dry which is a blessing as watching the news on T.V and seeing homes flooded and people have lost all manner of personal belongings ,my heart goes out to them.
So as well as walks to catch up on the wash basket is full as well.
Honey thinks it is fun to help with stripping the bed clothes ready for the washer !!!

I had to giggle as I remembered my hubby taking a photo on holiday of me drying our "smalls" on the front of the canal boat .... Ha Ha Ha

Llangollen Canal

Well ,it is the first holiday that Honey has been on !! will she be good in strange suroundings ?? well the answer is YES :)
We decided to hire a canal boat ,ideal because we could take Honey with us.
So we decided to hire the boat from a company we used last year Anderson Boats of Middlewich, and we decided to do the Llangollen canal as it is easily accessible form their moorings.
So not forgetting Honey`s food ,toys and bedding off we go.
Honey took to boating straight away ,she loved to look up the side of the boat to see where she was heading.
We mostly kept her tied up when doing the locks as they are deep and can be dangerous and we couldn`t trust that she wouldn`t be inquisitive and fall in !! but she looked so funny standing and looking over the side of the boat :) Plenty of towpath walks inbetween :)

The first night we moored at Barbridge Junction and as it was late we all tumbled into bed.Next day we travelled to Grindley Brook ,after going through 3 locks close together and immediatley the 3 flight staircase lock we called it a day and moored there for our second night.
3rd day and we travel to Whittington which is taking us into Shropshire.We moor at a lovely pub called The Jack Mytton ,the food was fabulous and we could take Honey in which was a bonus.
On our 4th day we make it across the Chirk aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte aqueduct which is an impressive 120ft high ,the views were amazing .

                                                     going across Pontcysyllte aqueduct

Our next stop was Ellesmere which is a pretty country town.When we arrive we are met with a boat rally, it was difficult manouvouring past moored boats but they were all draped with flags and bunting and looked great.

So we decide too moor at Ellesmere and enjoyed looking at all the boats in the rally and had a wonderful chinese takeaway for our meal that evening.
So we need to be careful tonight where we stop because we have to get the boat back to the yard on time, we choose to stay at Wrenbury ,good choice , the Dusty Miller was an excellent pub with great food and another dog friendly establishment.
From Wrenbury back to Middlewich took us 8 hours ,don`t forget you are only travelling at 4 miles per hour on a barge !! but we make it back in plenty of time :)
So we had a brilliant holiday ,Honey only fell ( jumped ) into the canal once fully and twice partly !!
We will be planning another soon :)
Hope you have enjoyed reading about Honey`s adventure and we will be on another very soon :)
Bye for now and thankyou for visiting my blog.