Engineering masterpieces and rocks.

Time to make a move.  This immediate part of the world is so very very lovely and we have enjoyed the two permitted nights here.  We cast off leaving the several over-stayers and went along to the Heritage marina at Scholar Green where we brought a gas bottle at £47 ( The first one we brought in 2012 was £18)

The nice man allowed us to turn using the very wide marina entrance and then now facing south we chugged away to the junction of this Macclesfield canal and that of the Trent and Mersey canal.

  

The junction itself is a marvel for those who have not been here.  The Macclesfield canal goes over the T&M, the T&M drops down several locks to allow for this.  I have taken the following photos to try to illustrate it but it's hard to capture.   

 

Going north towwards the marina.  Nice bridge

Two delightful old cottages on the lock side at the stop lock

So below is the T&M all that was available to see, while I stood on the footbridge over the Macclesfield. 

Just a wee bit of the canal visible, we'll be down there in a minute.

So the view from the footbridge over the Macclesfield and there comes David towards the aqueduct taking the Macclesfield canal over the T&M below.

Then this nice lady popped up, "I'm just doing a bit of Rock Bombing" 

Yer what?

So this lady and others, decorate rocks, just leaving these wee works of art here and there to be discovered and rehidden or positioned for others to find.  Fundamentally promoting Uni Learning Disability Nursing.  Its all on Facebook, as these rocks are found you can photograph them and hide them again or even take them on your own trip.  My eye was immediate taken by this one as I do quilting.  I asked if I might take it and was granted permission.  So I am telling you all about them for you to look for them.  Some are being taking hiking by Paul in the Highlands so if you are there Reader keep your eyes peeled.  The lady, Marnie, told me that one has made it to Australia.....  Guess where mine is going in July.

 

Marnie, with Q for Quilt, she is currently working through the alphabet

A beaut.

Raising Awareness

If found post a photo on the FB page and reposition it.

So here is David bring WaL out of the junction of the Macclesfield and now onto the T&M.

Still standing but for how long....?

So here is WaL about to go under the Macclesfield canal, I had been standing up there before and got a shot of this canal.

A complete marvel of Victorian engineering.  

So we went through the Red Bull wharf, it was pretty quiet with just just one boat coming.  

It was a hire boat was.  Two couples, three crew working well.  They did look a bit flagging, turns out they had done 22 locks and were hoping to go to The Red Bull pub for supper.

As I watch them, I heard their Australian accents and saw a flag reminiscent of the Australian flag, they couldn't be faulted in their lock operation, but yes they had had practice!  

I was impressed turns out both men had been in the Australian Navy together.  I wished them well on their way.

David and I moored up on the pretty Church Lawton moorings for the rest of the afternoon.  Boats arrived during the afternoon somewhat filling up the moorings.  Now the very last boat to arrive had come up.

To get the advantage of the full locks in our favour in the morning we'd have to be up early...

I was entering a period of mourning, I finished that 900 page book of mine, such a compelling read and now finished...

Gripping from the very beginning.

Supper was sausages, paprika wedges and broccoli.