Middlewich

Here I am Rune

Distance 8.3 miles

Total 2953 Locks  148 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4283.0 miles

The weather today didn’t look too promising first thing since it was peeing down with rain but it did eventually dry up by about 1.00pm. We did need to move on anyway because we want to get to Midland Chandlers and we only have until next Monday before CRT close Big Lock at Middlewich for repairs, and it is remaining closed until 15th Feb. We aren’t massively strapped for time as it is only a couple of days up and a couple of days back again, but I like to keep days in hand for any problems that may present themselves.

We are getting to know the Middlewich Branch quite well now having been along it several times this winter, I do still like it although it is a bit ‘manicured’, all of the hedges seem perfectly cut in all of the fields, almost as though they have a hedge-cutting competition. 

A bit more work tomorrow to get to Anderton since we are above the locks in Middlewich so we will have the mileage of about 9 miles plus 5 locks to go through, not too onerous though.