Archie takes a plunge

We decided to top up the cupboard stocks today and move tomorrow, so a walk into Middlewich was the first order of play, Ali promptly ran for the first hairdressers and left me to carry the lot.
    On returning ( staggering ) to the boat I noticed a canal works boat moored in front of us and went for a chat with the occupant to see what was going on,  it turned out that the lock 300 metres in front is closed for emergency repairs and won't be open until Friday, so we are stuck here tomorrow .

  While chatting Archie explored the man's boat, a loud splash interrupted our conversation Archie had wandered down the narrow side of the boat, thought better of it, tried to turn and fell in ...........    again !!   He now leads Bella 3 - 1  in the water plunge league.

convict no 123 drying on naughty step.

scene of  Archie's mishap, the narrow walkway centre of picture.  

So it looks as though we have another 'day off' tomorrow but no doubt Ali will decide it's a boat 'admin' day - a good clean throughout the boat! 

We are keenly watching the weather forecasts but no more of the white stuff coming we hope, as we are down to our last bag of coal until we get to a boatyard.

Bye for now

Baz and Ali