Canal and River Trust new logo and signage! Why?
As we reach the top of the Macclesfield Canal where it meets the Peak Forest Canal we can reflect on a lovely journey up this very pretty and scenic waterway. The weather has turned overcast and rather cool but at lest it is dry. Quite a change from the first day or so of this leg of our adventures.
However, summer is now officially here and so are the long June evenings. The hedgerows are turning more colourful with honeysuckle, dog roses, rose bay willowherb, periwinkle, foxgloves, yellow flags and many more that Jenny can't name, dotted along the towpaths, which are now dry and cracked from the lack of rain. Better than muddy towpaths!
Lots of blossom on the brambles!
Should be some good picking in a month or two
One of the significant things we notice as we head north is the friendliness of folk we encounter. Not just along the towpaths and fellow boaters but passers by in the villages and towns, the shop workers and even some anglers!
Clarence Mill, Bollington
The aqueduct at Bollington
Hunters Moon is moored up there
Here she is!
The little river Dean flowing through Bollington
As mentioned in an earlier post we are unable to proceed round the Cheshire Ring due to a damaged lock so we will head into Derbyshire and explore the Peak Forest Canal up to Whaley Bridge and the Bosworth Basin.
The problem lock 11 on the Marple flight
Looking down the flight.
Maybe another time!
Onward into Derbyshire
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