Sandbach has now been sold.  Thank you to all who have shown an interest in her and she has gone to a good home with a couple who have a long history in ex working boats.

George

Sale price reduced again.

SANDBACH has still not been sold and the price is now further reduced to £38,000.

The purchase of BADGER has now been completed. SANDBACH is still for sale at a now reduced price of £39500 ono.

Sandbach for sale

Sandbach is currently for sale and is being advertised on Apolloduck.

The asking price is £43,000 but, as with all things, this is negotiable.

Provided things go to plan, I am replacing Sandbach with ex FMC Josher, BADGER.

George

Trip to Braunston Show

The recent trip to the Braunston saw SANDBACH pick up a small towing job from Furness Vale to Etruria top lock.

The new build day boat JOSHUA, built by Paul Dawson from Trafalgar Marine , was being delivered to its new home on the Caldon Canal. The cheapest and easiest way of doing this was in the water being towed on cross straps.

SANDBACH was en route to the historic boat show at Braunston so the tow as far as Etruria was quickly arranged. Final delivery to Hazelhurst on the Caldon was made under her own steam.

The photo shows SANDBACH and JOSHUA waiting for permission to enter the Harecastle Tunnel north portal.

Towing a Block of Flats

Thanks to a recommendation from my old friend Brian McGuigan, I recently got a job towing a block of flats from Macclesfield to Marple. Just to make matters more interesting, we tied the owner's GRP cruiser on the back to complete the convoy. The whole move took half as long again as a normal tow thanks to the square pontoon shape of the houseboat.

Revenge is sweet! I got a phone call from the houseboat owner yesterday asking for another tow from the bottom of Marple to Portland Basin. I knew Brian was going that way today so I persuaded him to do the job!

(The photo shows my arrival at the top of Marple with the convoy in tow.)

Back to Work

Following five and a half weeks away at the Braunston show, combined with a trip to London, the Thames and Oxford, on return to the Peak Forest it was straight back to work with a tow for CAVALIER from Marple to Furness Vale dry dock for repairs to a broken rudder.