Another beautiful sunny morning, with some mist rising off the water first thing. We got under way before 9, almost straight away crossing the border into Wales for a bit. Even the tree-lined section along by the mosses seemed bright today.
The sun was splitting the sky as we turned left at Prees Junction, to stay on the mainline.
There was a boat ahead at the lift bridge but they lowered it as we approached, possibly for cars, so Arian jumped off and raised it. A little further along there’s a house with a commanding view of the canal.
Just before the next lift bridge we passed the historic butty, Saturn, being towed back to Ellesmere.
The bridge itself was up, with a crew member of an Andersen hire boat standing there — and their boat tied up beyond, with their fellow crew producing coffee and biscuits on a nearby picnic table. The boat had passed us before we set off, so I think they had lifted the bridge, let two more boats go through, then Saturn and its motor the other way, then us.
At the next lift bridge, the two boats ahead of us had gone through, but then lowered it — so once again Adrian went and did the honours. This time it was him standing there while a boat then came through the other way, then one behind us.
We met Sanity Again at the bridge before Whitchurch Marina, then by the time we got to the final lift bridge of the day, the boats ahead had all stopped and Adrian did the winding again.
We moored on the rings above Grindley Brook locks. This afternoon we went for a wander down the locks, and bought a slice of very nice carrot cake from the cafe, to bring back to the boat.
9 miles, 0 locks. (100 miles, 39 locks)
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