Monday 30 June 2014
– Manchester (Castlefield Basin), Bridgewater Canal
We started at 07:45 (are you noticing a pattern?) and headed towards
Manchester, Graham needed to visit the facilities at Oughtrington and I headed
on to fill with water (on this run don’t pass a water point without filling up)
where they caught up with me as they would’ve had to wait until 09:00. Boats line the first two miles out of Lymm so
that was done at tick-over but once we got to ‘Ye Olde No 3’ we both filled up
then headed off through lovely rural countryside on a very wide canal. This gave way to urban and industrial areas
then in Sale the canal runs straight for two miles, passes under the M60 then
heads to ‘Waters Meeting’ where the Leigh Branch heads off to join the Leeds
& Liverpool while we continue on to the Castlefield basin where we are
moored. We arrived at 13:00 to good news
– G&B have managed to sell their house and have headed off to fill in
paperwork, they will be back tomorrow. I
took the opportunity to head into the town to do some window shopping, and get
my feet looked at as they are giving me gyp.
This has confirmed that I do not have loss of colour, pulse or sensitivity
in either foot.
Today’s boats were a Fellowes, Morton and Clayton working boat which has
had a modern cabin top fitted, others called ‘There and Back Again’, ‘Tuksumgetin’
and ‘Lerrit B’.
The weather has been sunny but there has been some cloudy patches –
chatting with a local apparently there was heavy rain here yesterday.
We are not moving on until Wednesday when we tackle the Rochdale 9
(sounds like a gang!).
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