After looking at the weather forecast we didn’t hurry to get away and only had short spell of very light drizzle. There wasn’t a great deal to photograph or really talk about today, we did pass this plant growing on the towpath if anyone can identify it.
Our first port of call of the day was Bollington Wharf for a pumpout, that’s empty the poo tank for none boaty people. Our pumpout connection is on the left hand gunwale and Bollington Wharf is on the right hand bank, luckily the wharf basin is also the winding hole so it was a case of turn round and then pull into the wharf, get the tank emptied, reverse back, turn round again and continue on our way. The biggest worry was making sure we didn’t leave the wharf with the attendants cat stowing away onboard.
We passed another boater who wont be going anywhere soon with an egg on his stern deck.
Although it didn’t rain the weather wasn’t that nice. On the last bend before Marple Junction we met a boat coming round on the wrong side, I stopped so they could change course they stopped slowly so I went astern to give them moor room and they just came straight forward towards my bow, eventually they stopped, mid channel and passed me on the wrong side. But it had me wondering for a bit.
At the junction we turned right on the Peak Forest Canal, looking back I could see that the Marple flight are securely padlocked, so no one coming up there for a coupe of days.
I am not sure where we passed this wooden person on a chair but I thought it looked interesting so I photographed it. We went about a Mile before mooring for the night, the bank is good but we are about 600mm out due to the mud.
Todays Journey 12 miles, no locks in 5½ Hours.
The Google map of the entire journey to date can be seen at
You can also see our planned itinerary at https://canalplan.uk/journey/16879_cp
2 comments:
Your plant looks like skunk cabbage :-) regards, Caroline
Yes, I agree with Caroline. It is American, and classed as an invasive plant
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/invasive-species-week-american-skunk-cabbage-creates-a-stink. It's not yet notifiable (unlike giant hogweed, for example).
It gets too big for people's ponds, and sometimes gets dumped in wet areas - I believe you should notify CRT with its location, as it's still small and will cause them a deal of trouble if it is allowed to seed - and the last thing we want is more invasive plants blocking the waterways!
best wishes
Debby
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