Last night we ate at Elmas the Mediterranean restaurant, this was not our first visit and very enjoyable. This morning the first job was a visit to Sainsburys, its only a small one but we got everything we need. The day again was very sunny but quite hazy.
This seamed a good idea, skips in the hold of a barge, once full they can be lifted out.
We passed the converted offshore lifeboat again with the grafted on wheel house.
We met two broad beam boats today, thankfully both had skippers who could steer, the first was the Wizard II a wide beam charity trip boat, the second was a Bridgewater work boat
It looks as if this farm building has reached the ends of its days with a large pile of brickwork behind it.
On our way up here I spotted this, but was far to slow to get a photo, so on our return I made sure I captured this.
You can see how hazy it was from this photo of the chemical works.
With all the development at Preston Brook both sides of the canal the developers are building a new bridge across the canal. There is still a lot or work
to do to complete both the bridge and the housing estate, I wonder if they have included bus stops in the road layout .We only went a little further until we spotted a nice oak tree on the towpath, our only hope of shade so that was it, we pulled in and called it a day. We may regret this mooring as although its in the shade its rather close to the railway line.
Today’s Journey
9¼ Miles with no locks in 3¼ hours
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