We finally left Chester, having said goodbye to our new friends at the boat yard, owners Yvette and Peter, and Colin and Katie, who are helping with the restoration work on the boatyard, and are also volunteer helpers on the staircase locks.
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| Colin and Katie |
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| Stables at Bunbury Locks, formerly accommodation for the horses who pulled the boats |
After retrieving the car from Chester, Roger drove down to Coventry for Peter's graduation ceremony at Warwick University.
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| Proud Dad with the new graduate |
After the ceremony Roger returned to Nantwich by train having left the car in Leamington again.
On Friday 19th we entered new territory again and took the Middlewich Canal in scorching heat to reach the outskirts of Middlewich.
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| A heron waiting to resume fishing |
Our policy in this extremely hot weather is to make an early start and cruise until lunchtime, take a break, and resume again for a couple of hours in the evening.
Saturday 20th. We decided to visit the Anderton Boat Lift by bus, to avoid a two day detour by boat in this hot weather - our itinerary will take us in the opposite direction southward down the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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| Anderton Boat Lift from River Weaver |
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| A boat emerging on to the Trent&Mersey |
TheAnderton http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/Anderton-boat-lift is a world-famous feat of engineering, a huge structure built in 1875 to raise and lower boats 50 feet between the River Weaver and the T&M Canal. You can take your own boat through for free (which seems incredible, given how cash-strapped the C&RT is) or have a ride on a trip boat.
Thank you for the picture of the Anderton boat lift. Wow! I have often heard of it but never seen it. Hope the heat isn't too dreadfulwhere you are - thunderstorms due, I understand. I have a little time this evening as Andrew is cooking for us. Spent bits of time cleaning to get the place up to standard for Kate and Paul and Sam to come and visit in about a week's time. My standards for them are foolishly high - as long as she doesn't look inside the washing machine all will be well. Many breaks for long cool drinks of fizzy water. (What a great invention!)
ReplyDeleteMany congrats to Peter - it is a big effort, and well deserved. Really hard to be a mature student with all that that entails - etc etc.
Congratulations to Peter! Quite an achievement, you must be really proud Rog. Did you have a go in the boat lift in a trip boat? Looks crazy.x
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