The Cheshire Ring

A respectable elderly man sets off on a leisurely narrowboat holiday with his wife, son and daughter-in-law. But little do they know that the proceeds of the bank robbery have been stashed in their boat, Colette. The gang hire a boat and give chase to their unwitting target. MI5 are hot on their heels ? except they are on a completely different case. Mistaken identity and repeated bungles on the part of MI5 and the gang add to the confusion. The pursuit takes them around the scenic Cheshire Ring canal system. Along the way, all these inexperienced boatmen have to contend with scores of locks, with child vandals, and unhelpful gongoozlers. They run aground, and get stuck in locks. A dead body appears. And disappears. The police are baffled. Arrests are made, and then overridden by higher authorities. A glamorous blonde adds spice to the proceedings and gets to know several of the characters rather well. Will the family notice the mayhem around them? Will the gang get the money back? Will Ern ever realise his dream of running a chip shop?