Trentham

Coming up the Cheshire Lock over the past two days I counted 7 lock failures from a broken paddle to a closed lock, worse than when we went down.
Nice quiet mooring last night and a couple of boats were away early, we were off at 8-30 heading for the tunnel. We had good luck with the locks, a boat coming down the first  one assisted by a Volockie who then assisted us up. Having met the boat the rest were with us including Limekiln where I waited for another to come down. It took about an hour and a half to get to the tunnel where we had an hours wait for 4 boats travelling north to come through, then we were off, Billy No mates again, all by ourselves. The tunnel was quite clear this time and I could see the North portal at all times and the chink of light at the South when 500mts away. As we exited there were two boats waiting to head north. While we were waiting at the tunnel I noticed this, it may be helpful to someone.

Its just 39 days since were were this way last and the amount of construction in that time is unbelievable, They were doing ground works at this site to the east of the canal.

There was just the building in the foreground when we passed, now the one in the distance has appeared, this  on the opposite side, a little further south.

The daisies are out in full bloom carpeting the grass white, the geese don’t look bothered.

At Stoke Top lock a boat was just coming up, it turned out to be Connor of CW Boatmovers taking good care of a customers boat. there were a bunch of Volockies on the flight manning the top lock and Johnsons lock so an easy passage with boats coming up at very lock through Stoke. It doesn’t often go like that. We chugged along in the sunshine mooring for the night in Trentham almost opposite the new housing estate they are putting up.

Today’s Journey

11½ miles 11 locks in 5¾ hours

 

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