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| Paired locks on the Cheshire flight |
We left our mooring in overcast drizzle. It soon
stopped and sunshine cheered us up, but the wind added chill. One of the paired locks was extremely narrow but we
couldn’t use the slightly wider chamber as the gate had something jammed in it.
I let the water out slowly and Paul eased the boat through the bulge in the
lock walls.
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| Deep lock chambers |
We found a quiet mooring to stop midday but after we moved off there was
nowhere to stop. The wind got stiffer and colder making steering difficult as the boat side acted as a sail pushing us side wards. A noisy road appeared and ran alongside the canal. it was busy with heavy lorries but
the end we moored in Middlewich in front of the locks against the main road. It
was noisy but the road became quieter as the evening progressed. We were too tired to
care.
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| Fighting the wind |
We moved off in the dry with rain threatening. We flew down
the 4 locks, thrust along by willing hands from the boats coming up towards us. The
rain started in the 4th lock but we soon found moorings just as it
lashed down. Lots of poor people were still locking and would have to carry on but it was good timing for us. During the rain Paul completed
the repairs on the chimney from inside the boat.
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| Canada geese |
After lunch we cruised on but the wind got colder
and stronger, feeling more like March. However the Canada Geese seemed unaffected by the stiff wind. We stopped at the first moorings we could find
at the Salt factory to get inside and warm up, yet this is Summer. We only cruised 3.75 hours but we did good
lock miles.
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