Thursday 26 June 2014
– Rode Heath, Trent and Mersey Canal
A non-travelling day for me. I
walked back up to Kidsgrove (roughly three miles) and had a break reading
whilst sitting outside a pub next to the Red Bull Top Lock while I waited for
Graham and Beryl as they came off the Macclesfield Canal, helping them through
the top lock. We then had a trip to the
local Tesco for last minute stores and back onto ‘Priscilla ii’ for lunch. Then it was down heartbreak Hill starting at about
14:00 and we quickly got into a rhythm – I went ahead to set locks and open upper
gates then Graham ran the boat in and shut the gate while Beryl emptied the
lock, opening and closing the lower gates.
We were down through the 11 locks to Rode Heath by 15:30. G&B have moored up and I have headed home
for the night – we meet up at 08:00 to start in earnest our journey.
There have been sunny patches but mostly it has been cloudy but warm.
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