We were all up quite early this morning, Brian and Mike being early risers anyway, and the factory over the Weaver made some loud banging noises at about 6.30. Having four people on board means everything takes a while — what with getting showers, converting the dinette back from a guest bed, and then breakfast. It was about 9 when we all walked down to the car park to say our goodbyes; it’s been really nice to see friends in person.
We walked up to the Barnton Co-op again, and then set off round the corner to the water point as we needed to do washing and fill the tank. There was a little wait while others finished off. While we were there, a friend messaged me with a photo of a review of The Water Road in the Financial Times. I was delighted!
Once on the move again we quickly caught up with another boat, but it was at the long straight section before Marston so they waved us past. At Wincham Wharf, it’s a case of weaving between the boats.
One of the sets of pipes from the chemical works has a rather attractive artwork. The equation is turning brine into chlorine, hydrogen, and caustic soda.
The new power plant had its huge cranes up today, and on the opposite side of the canal was another, not yet up, with a massive piece of pipe. It really is huge — you could drive a Transit van through it easily.
Whatcroft Flash was looking particularly nice in the sunshine — in fact the weather has been much much better than forecast yesterday.
Round the corner, we could see a little boat in the water. It turned out to be a man from RCR, taking something to a boat. His van was parked up on the road a little further on.
By Bridge 179 there are two lodge houses for Whatcroft Hall. They’re rather pretty, being half timbered. The bridges round here are flat decked rather than arched, so they could be jacked up if the land subsided because of all the salt extraction.
We had lunch on the move, then moored up the other side of Croxton Aqueduct. The first couple of rings were free but the space was too short, so we’ve ended up a bit further along, with the stern on a ring and a mooring stake for the bow. As we were mooring there was a heavy shower, but otherwise it’s been sunny.
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