The forecast changed for Tuesday and it was going to be too
windy in the afternoon to attempt to get into Manchester so we changed our
plans for the day. I rang a boatyard in
Ashton-Under-Lyne and they had a spare safe spot for the night so I told them
we would get there by midday. We would then be in a good position to start early on Wednesday to get into the centre of Manchester.
We went down the last
four locks of the Huddersfield Narrow canal and rejoined the Ashton canal at
Ashton. We found the boatyard just off
Dukinfield junction where the Peak Forest canal joins the Ashton. We had to reverse down a narrow arm to get
into the boatyard.
We collected the gate keys, took on diesel and bought four more plaques for the
recent canals we have covered. We also took
advantage of a close by supermarket to buy some compost. Buddy seems to get in lots of our pictures and we couldn't believe he even got into this one!
After lunch Karen started potting up some petunias and
geraniums.
And I put up the four new plaques.
In the early evening we took Buddy for a walk. We both talk for him and it occurred to me
that we use deeper voices when speaking for him. It’s the opposite to what parents do for baby
talk. The sort of things we say for him
are, ‘Why have you put me on the lead – there are tasty goslings up ahead’.
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