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Sunday 8 May 2022

Church Lawton

We were away at 10 on a cool overcast morning, what a change from yesterday. We had a couple of boats go by but that was a good half to three quarters of an hour before we set off. We didn’t meet any boats for a while and pulled in at Wheelock to fill with water and empty rubbish. There was only one boat moored on the full length of the Wheelock moorings.DSCF6707

Both the Wheelock locks were against us but as we came up one approached Wheelock top lock and as we entered the top lock another was working down in the tandem lock, so that was two boats coming down in one pound, maybe some locks would be with us and a few were, but we soon caught up with the boats in front and had to turn most of the locks.
UIts a while since I have seen one of these, a powered skateboard. The rider has the throttle in his hand, this one is wireless but the others I have sine have been connect to the board with a cable.DSCF6708

The Golf Club has a café open to none members and they display their wares on the fence, but to our surprise no Sunday Lunch mentioned, as we were now following boats I may have been tempted as it was about mid day.DSCF6709

We did meet the odd boat and one of the ones were were following stopped just before Hassall Green. The swallows are busy nesting in the M6 bridge between the road lanes darting in and out. Yes that little blob is a swallow.DSCF6711

Just above Halsall lock the boat directly in front of us tied up, so Pierpoint bottom was with us and there was a boat at Pierpoint top which was full , so a good result. We had planned to moor at Rodeheath but it was full so we carried on to Church Lawson where there were already a lot of boats but space for 2 boats, so we slipped in there, since we have been here a boat has taken the space ahead of us.

Todays Journeyimage6¾ miles, 20 Locks in 6¼ hours

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