Post by naughtyfox on May 20, 2018 18:21:41 GMT
I'm assuming CRT have forgotten all about that hole in the canal on the Middlewich Branch - I haven't seen any more videos with that woman in the white hard hat saying how fantastic and marvellous and generous people are digging for their small change behind the sofa - so it looks like it's gonna be unopened before September anyway.
So we're looking for a marina or parking place somewhere around the Staffs & Worcs Canal, with the idea being that, in October, we can shimmy up the Shroppie to Nantwich, and at Christmas enjoy the Shroppie coming back down, probably to the marina we'd have set off from, so they'd have our custom Aug-Oct and Jan-March.
Otherton looks like our best bet because Penkridge railway station is walking distance (2 miles) and thus handy for Birmingham airport, although of course by train you can get to Manchester/London too.
I know Telemachus said Otherton is close to the motorway and noisy, but does anyone here have experience of Great Haywood / Otherton / Hatherton marinas? Are there any other marinas / parking spots in that area. Public transport to them? Marinas seem to be easiest for us, CRT wants us to tell them where we are, we don't want any of the farmer's offside mooring and then the farmer telling us we should apply to CRT for an "end of garden licence".
We'll probably check these three out by car this Summer anyway, but I might write to them beforehand to see what kind of replies I get.
So we're looking for a marina or parking place somewhere around the Staffs & Worcs Canal, with the idea being that, in October, we can shimmy up the Shroppie to Nantwich, and at Christmas enjoy the Shroppie coming back down, probably to the marina we'd have set off from, so they'd have our custom Aug-Oct and Jan-March.
Otherton looks like our best bet because Penkridge railway station is walking distance (2 miles) and thus handy for Birmingham airport, although of course by train you can get to Manchester/London too.
I know Telemachus said Otherton is close to the motorway and noisy, but does anyone here have experience of Great Haywood / Otherton / Hatherton marinas? Are there any other marinas / parking spots in that area. Public transport to them? Marinas seem to be easiest for us, CRT wants us to tell them where we are, we don't want any of the farmer's offside mooring and then the farmer telling us we should apply to CRT for an "end of garden licence".
We'll probably check these three out by car this Summer anyway, but I might write to them beforehand to see what kind of replies I get.
