Middlewich

Here I am Rune

Distance 6 miles

Total 1107 Locks 59 Tunnels

Running total mileage 1474.8miles

Unfortunately, despite a bit of a change in the weather, we had to move on today so now find ourselves in Middlewich after a bit of a wet trip up here. One slight irritation was at Booth Lane Bottom lock where an abandoned boat had been left moored to the lock moorings which just makes things difficult when picking up and dropping off crew to work the lock. A temporary stop due to broken down engine I can (sort of) tolerate on lock moorings but this derelict hulk had no engine so was clearly going nowhere anytime soon. If people must abandon such boats then leave them where they are not such an annoyance, there are hundreds of miles of canal towpath that aren’t lock moorings so just leave it somewhere else, rant over.

We are still well on schedule to get to our destination south of Chester by next week so may again have a standstill day tomorrow, particularly if the weather is similar to today.