Now the boats are moving and some

We did not wake until nearly 9am so quiet was the mooring and the cut on the Middlewich branch. Nicholson’s says it’s a lovely bit of canal and they are not wrong, there are some superb moorings with rings and certainly today - no boats.

It has taken us to Chalmondeston lock to have to wait behind a boat at a lock. It gave me time to refresh the crew with Magnum ice creams while we waited. Again lots of happy people, all being sensible and responsible.

These looked like air bnb’s ... all closed up sadly. The house behind had some metal shutters on the tow path windows in a very rural area.

They certainly knew how to lay a decorative brick when they made these bridges. 

Finally the sun came out and the wind was much less but still from the north. A beautiful day to be ‘put putting‘ along the canal.

Rachel bringing Percy into the first of only two locks today. 

Quite some cill in this one. 

Rachel made the turn onto the main Shroppie look easy —- the wind from the north helped

A vlogger’s boat looking a bit too empty at Nantwich.

We got to Nantwich and it was full.... we got the very last mooring on the aqueduct going south at 4.30 pm - six hours today. W did a quick lock up and headed for a walk and supplies from M&S in Nantwich as well as fish and chips brought back to the boat. So we are refreshed (bloated) as we had to sample the cherry liqueurs from M&S. Rod Stewart is on Spotify serenading us and the boats have just stopped passing. 

Tomorrow it’s the Hack Green  locks then Audlum flight with a stop just short of the Adderley locks. The boating is back to summer normal so it will be an enjoyable day, hopefully.