Hyde, Peak Forest – Thursday 23 August 2012
My daughter turned up last night and we went for a meal, only to find after all that the restaurant was providing the food at the film show so we could have stayed to see ‘Captain America’ although you needed a radio to hear the words!.  The night was quiet as the flats around Ducie Street and the Piccadilly Village are well looked after and have control gates so only residents have access, A successful day, we left at 07:00 and had completed the 18 locks by 12:00.  Another boat followed us but initially there were no boats coming down until we passed one at lock 8 then the locks were in our favour as we passed boats going the other way.  There was a swing bridge on the Ashton canal and a very narrow entry to the Peak Forest canal which had a lift bridge to start with, so there has been lots of variety for Jules as she started out steering, then did the ‘land’ bits while I steered (her choice).