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	Sailing Keep to the right hand side of the canal. With your travelling speed down to protect the wildlife in and around the banks and the banks themselves from the boat wash. Slowing down by moored boats for both safety and courteous, the bow waves rock the moored boats, hot liquids being served! Being courtesies to others give way at the bridges goes a long way, take your rubbish to the disposal units at most marinas keeping the canals clean and safe for all to enjoy.
	Mooring up Can be a chore so you need to be able to select a good place to more up either planned in advance or “on the fly” to secure the boat. BW designated or public moorings along side the canal are available make sure there are other boats around for safety tie up the boat tight at both the front and rear for stability. Look before you hop off the boat don’t step into anything nasty in the grass; avoid ants in your pants look for hidden ant’s nests around the waters edge. Moored boats may be an indication of a good location with nearby facilities pubs, shops and town access by bus, metro or trains.
	Securing the boat BW designated moorings usually have the mooring rings else it’s the “C” clip or mooring pegs. The crash barrier style use the “C” clips down between the bank and the barrier with the “D” loop part on top for threading the rope doubled through and back on to the boat. Loop it around the cleat tie the rope to the offside away from the bank. Securing to the bank with the pegs, hammer the pegs into the ground at an angle, point towards the water and the top away from the water pass the doubled rope through the “D” shape for tying to the boat.
	Where to go In a Weekend short break will take you northwards to Great Heywood, northeast to Derby or southwards to Tamworth. In a Week you will be able to go northbound to Middlewich, northwest to Market Drayton or southeast to Braunstone and back. In a Fortnight will take you northwest to Ellesmere Port, southeast to Foxton locks or the Leicester ring.
	There are many Rings accessible from the marina going far and wide around the Midlands. Leicester, Birmingham, Coventry ring. There are many online route planners covering the thousands of miles of British Waterways around the country.