Saturday 13 June 2015

Wheelton



Here I am Rune
Distance 4.2 miles
Total 1204 Locks 68 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1717.2 miles

Well, as the forecasted rain didn’t materialise, we have pressed on to the top of Johnson’s Hillock Locks. I committed the schoolboy error of not counting how many locks there were on the map thinking that there were only five when in fact there were seven. It is a bit depressing when you get to five and think you are at the top to then realise there are another two to go! The cheering news however is that within the next 15 miles we should be passing the halfway milestone of the canal, must make sure I get a photo of that.

Planning for tomorrow’s trip is a bit complicated. We either don’t go very far at all, about 3.5 miles to Riley Green Bridge which looks as though it is within earshot of the M65, or else we plug on for about 13 miles and 6 locks to get us to Rishton Bridge, Think we may go for the former option!

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