Rain for most of the day, except in Harecastle tunnel of course. Now moored outside The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston.
13 miles 12 locks 1 tunnel, in 5hrs 25mins. what3words ///feast.spend.move 😊
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| Approaching the 1st of the Red Bull flight of locks |
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| NO TRAIN!! |
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| The Red Bull Hotel, I know it is, it say so on the wall |
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| Poole Aqueduct taking the Macclesfield canal over the Trent & Mersey |
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| Leaving the top Red Bull lock and our helpers for the last 2 locks |
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| Hardings Wood junction and the start of the Macclesfield canal |
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| Having travelled through Harecastle tunnel, we stopped briefly to take on water |
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| They have done a lot of work to smarten the area up |
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| Leaving the southern portal of Harecastle tunnel |
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| An abandoned bottle kiln |
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| A lot of new buildings gone up since we last passed through |
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| Approaching Etruria junction with the Caldon canal on the left |
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| Top lock at Etruria leaking very badly |
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| STILL NO TRAIN!! |
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| Jo shutting up shop |
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| Stoke bottom lock |
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| Tall chimney |
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| Trentham lock |
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| How a top gate should be, at Trentham lock, very rare to see one this good |
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| Wedgwood factory |
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| Now moored outside The Plume of Feathers, Barlaston |
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| Just to prove we are |
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| Having moored up, but who should be passing by, but Roger and Teresa Fuller on their way to Lymm |
Keith & Jo
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