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Ellesmere Port was our longest stay in one place so far.  On Thursday we took the X8 (bus) into Liverpool for the Skeptics in the Pub event.  We spent the day exploring Liverpool which took us around Albert Dock, the Art Museum and the Waterways Museum. We couldn't resist checking out where the Cavern Club was, definitely the most touristy part of Liverpool. The original Cavern Club no longer exists but the reproduction right next door is allegedly faithful to the original and looks like all the photos you have seen.  Its still a live music venue. The Skeptics event was held in a grand old pub called The Vines its a little run down but still quite spectacular.  The function room has a stained glass dome and the whole venue is littered with carved woodwork. It was an interesting talk about the phsycology of people who are drawn to conspiracy theories.  It was a suprise to us, the lady presenting was a fellow Aussie based at Kent University. By the...

It's strange how sometimes things don't turn out how you expect.   We decided to go to Liverpool for a Skeptics in the pub event run by the Mersey Side Skeptics, who produce one of our favourite pod casts.  We had the route all mapped out and then found one of the canals we needed to use was closed so we changed our plan and have gone to Ellesmere Port and will use public transport for the last leg. At Chester we found the Staircase lock was closed for repair preventing us from getting to Ellesmere Port. Chester is an old Roman City so we weren't too concerned as the lock was due to open on the Sunday, so we decided to stay the extra days. On the Thursday night we moored in a trendy area of Chester and had the worse night of our trip so far.  The drunks were out annoying the boaters (rocking the shit out of them in the middle of the night). On the Friday we moved out of Chester a short way to wait for the locks to open. We enjoyed the next few days exploring t...

Another successful week on the cut. This weeks highlight has to be the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct which was opened in 1805 and is made of cast iron and stone.  Its over 120 feet high.   Our first trip across was very windy and it was blowing us to the side without a railing.  The edge of the trough is only about a foot above the waterline.  It was quite unnerving to be rubbing along a 200 year old cast iron edge.  The top of our chimney pot took off like a flying saucer and was last seen heading for the goals at the home end of the football field below. The next stretch from Trevor is shallow and skinny leading to the town of Llangollen.  On some stretches someone needs to walk ahead to check there aren't any on coming boats (Linda).  Good idea to take your phone. Llangollen is the first place we have managed to stay more than one night.  Its a picturesque town in Wales with lots of hills and valley's and the worst automotive museum we have seen....