Sunday 19 July 2009

Retracing our Steps.


This hill is known as The Cloud.



They are getting bigger!

At the bottom of Bosley locks, the rain has done some damage to crops.

Another quiet week, leaving High Lane on Monday, we stopped at Lyme Green, Bosley locks, ( we went down the 12 Bosley locks in just over 2 hours, and we weren't in a rush ) Dane aquaduct and Red Bull aquaduct. Friday we shopped in Tesco's and Saturday we moved down to Church Lawton and stayed till Monday.
The weather has been very mixed this last week, but it is looking a bit better today.
We covered 26 miles and 19 locks in the last 7 days.
Happy birthday to Martin, Ffion and Ptolemy. xxxxx

Monday 13 July 2009

Peak Forest and return.

Bugsworth Upper basin.

There are many of these signs around the basin.


Looking back down the upper basin.


All that's left of the old tramway that brought the limestone down to the basin.



The saddles that carried the sleepers. Up to 800 tons of limestone a day left here in forty boats.



Well it was a short week, we cruised up to the Peak Forest on Tuesday and turned down for the Whaley Bridge arm, didn't stop long!. Stopped at Tesco's on the way to the Bugsworth Basin arm and what a difference, the group of volunteers who rescued the basin from it's derelict state a couple of years ago have done a great job trans forming it to it's present condition. It was a pity we could only stop 48 hrs, because there was so much to see.
We left on Friday and worked our way back to High Lane for the weekend, jumped on the bus to Stockport with the girls, managed to find a B&Q and picked up some bits for a couple of jobs I have to do. Couldn't get this out on Sunday as usual, no signal on either of my dongles in High Lane (so it can't be that high!!)
This week we have covered 19 miles and no locks'
That's all folks

Sunday 5 July 2009

We're on the Mac.


Locking up the Trent & Mersey canal, with the M6 in the back ground.

Some of the locks on the T&M were duplicated to speed up traffic.


A family of swans having some greenery for supper.



How does something so ugly grow into a lovely swan?



Climbing up the Bosley flight on the Macclesfield the scenery is getting better.


We have a visitor staying with us this weekend, Ben from nb Bendigedig.



Leaving Wheelock on Monday we worked our way up toHassall Green, Tuesday found us at Kidsgrove and the junction with the Macclesfield canal. Wednesday we turned on to the Mac and were at Congleton that evening and Thursday we got up to Lyme Green, Friday we cruised up through Macclesfield and Bollington and arrived at Higher Poynton where we are moored for the weekend.
Next week we are back to the old chesnut of getting Eiddwen a re-supply of tablets, when we left Llangollen her doctor gave her 3 months worth of tablets, which are now running out, so we start looking for a surgery that will give her a repeat prescription.
Eric & Elsie from nb Bendigedig, who we travel with, have gone home for their daughters wedding this weekend so we are looking after Ben the dog. We have had him before for a day, but not over night, as it turned out he has been as good as gold, no problem.
This week we have covered 43 miles and worked through 39 single locks.
That's all folks.