As planed we at The old Barbridge Inn last night, they weren't overly busy with plenty of staff on, so no long waits. We both had the Lamb which wasn't cheap but a very tasty dish and each finished off with a sweet. They had 3 local Weetwood beers on.
This morning we set off at 1030 to find somewhere to turn round, After about 2250 yard I thought the canal was wide enough to turn in, it was and I suspect you would be able to get something a little over 60 feet round without a problem, we didn't touch ether bank or ground. Back past the pub waving to Dave and then sharp right at Barbridge Junction down the Middlewich Branch. We had just about cleared all the moored boats when we met a boat and we were to meet another before the locks which was handy. CRT are installing a new water point at the end of the lock moorings above Cholmondeston lock, I don't think its in use yet.
The volunteers have done a great job hedge laying along this section, I wonder if a trip to Suffolk would be to far for them.
We carried on in the bright sunshine, there were the occasional isolated patches of ice, probably 6-7mm thick but already broken. One field we passed had 4 buzzards sitting on the ground, but 3 flew off living just this one as we approached, looking closely I thought one leg didn't look quite right.
At Nanny's Bridge we had a few words with Peter who was working in the garden. The new paddle gear on the bottom gates on Minshull lock is getting very stiff, its not the paddles but the winding mechanism that is the problem, maybe the gat has settled and the shafts are a touch out of line and binding, it looked well greased. We decided that Middlewich would be our mooring for tonight, if its as cold as forecast we may not be going anywhere tomorrow of the next couple of days, so we have moored between bridges 29 and 30.
Today’s Journey
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