We were up and about early this morning, as we had a car booked at Enterprise at 8am. This time we were given a small car (which we’d booked) rather than a big one, but it was a rather nice brand new Renault Clio Alpine. We headed up to Braidbar, which took less than an hour, and where the water levels are well down and continuing to fall — which means there’s a delay in getting our boat into the paint dock as everything is sitting on the bottom. There are more details on the Kingley Vale blog.
On the way back we diverted to a big Asda to get some food in while we had the car, and also buy some bulky stuff. There was a car park close to where we were moored. While Adrian put everything away, I took the car back. We’d only had it for about 6 hours. We then had a slightly late lunch, and headed off. As we’ll now have less time in Lymm than we’d expected, we wanted to get a few miles under our belts. When we got back to Preston Brook we filled with water and got some washing on, then headed for the junction. We’re going over the railway here, then there’s the little junction bridge, and then the M56 (which we were on earlier) looming behind.
We turned left, where the canal seems to have new houses everywhere, and then the skyline is dominated by the tower of the Daresbury Research Centre.
We carried on to Moore, where we pulled in past the village stores, once it becomes countrified again. We can hear the beat of the Creamfields festival. I don’t recognise any of the names on the lineup! The last time we moored here was March 2020 after we had aborted our efforts to get to Liverpool. Lockdown was announced that evening.
7 miles, 0 locks. (56 miles, 14 locks)
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