Was yesterday Wednesday 31st March 2021, according to the Daily Telegraph.
We went through the final lock, number 15, at Audlem. It has it’s own Lock 15 Gardening Club to keep it nice. We passed this classic canal-side cottage.
A short chug along the canal took us to OverWater Marina where we secured berth A19.
We had electrical hookup and access to an amenities block and a marina shop where I got a new aluminium windlass and a proper British Waterways Key.
Mobile phone reception was poor when there was any, so our MiFi struggled. I am now sitting outside in the cold at a picnic table using my iPad on the marina WiFI which we can’t get on the boat.
The Marina Cafe at Bridge 80 is opening tomorrow for hot food takeaway.
The Canal & River Trust announced “Many weeks of hard work by our engineers and contractors have allowed us to make excellent progress on the repairs to the culvert at Bridge 80, Bennetts Bridge on the Shropshire Union Canal. The new culvert and bed repair have now been completed. We are pleased to confirm that the canal will reopen to navigation at 4pm today, 31 March 2021”.
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