This was our mooring last night, tucked in under the trees for shade it was so nice I sat out on the
deck watching the TV, I was hoping that the sun was going to go down over the canal but it was just to the right.
We were away early today and passing the moored boats on the long term CRT moorings, I noticed one of them had this floating around, I suspect its tethered in some way so as not to whiz off down the cut.
Our first stop was the services at Anderton for water and dispose of recycling, mustn’t call it rubbish any more. CRT have built a nice compound for the bins, accessed with a BWB key, they even put a mesh roof on it to stop people throwing things into the compound, it works because there is rubbish on the roof where someone has tried to do just that.
Passing the Anderton Lift it’s good to see the top basin being put to good use, there is a fine growth if weed in the aqueduct leading to the two caissons.
We had a clear run through Barnton Tunnel and arrived at Saltersford Tunnel 5 minutes before the transit window closed. At the far end there were three boats wating to come the other way and we met another three in the next half kilometre, so that timing worked well, we are now moored at the site of the old breach, there is only one other boat here and a few have been passed in both directions.
Today’s Journey
7 miles with no locks in 3 hours
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