Wednesday 15th June

Left Wrenbury at 7am, in the rain, to ensure that we get to Ellesmere
tonight, and on to the Montgomery tomorrow. Passed the hotel boat pair
Morpeth and Alnwick moored the other side of the lift bridge at Wrenbury.

Got through all the locks with no delays so were 2 hours ahead of schedule
at Whitchurch. So we carried on to Platt Lane where we went to the Waggoner
Inn. They had 4 out of 5 beers on. We all had the homemade Pea and
Corriander soup which was good.

After lunch we took a detour down the Prees branch where we filled up with
102l of diesel at 41p/l.

After winding in Ellesmere basin we managed to moor on the arm after asking
one boat to move up one ring to make room.

Went to the Black Lion to eat, which is in the Good Food Guide. The mains
were very good but the starters were dissapointing. They had Marstons
bitter, Pedigree and Summer Ale. After that we had a quick scout round the
town and ended up in the White Hart which also has Marstons Bitter and
Pedigree.
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