We got up in bright sunshine but the weather slowly clouded over. We have often moored in this area as the boat was at Park Farm for a few years but I have never known so many trains to use the line in 24 hours. We set off at 10-30 ish for a slow gentle cruise to Middlewich, it was only 4 miles with one lock but we managed to make it last and hour and a half. As we approached Big Lock a boat had just gone and thankfully the offside gate opened to allow us in as well. It turned out their friends had gone up the lock before them with another boat so waited to help with the lock. The boat we shared with I have seen around the system for the past 20 years or so, called The Californian and owned by an American Californian. Once through Big Lock we moored just in front of the two boats already there, but realising we were directly opposite the weir we decided to move up to the top of the playground. I think the sound of running water all night would have been too much for me.
Todays Journey
4 miles, 1 lock in 1½ hours
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