We woke to rain but, although it had been heavy during the night, it cleared by 9am and we had no showers during our cruise.
The section of the Shropshire Union canal between Middlewich and Barbridge is very rural and you don't pass through any settlements. The first of the two locks always seems to have a queue although it was shorter than 2 years ago. We ate our lunch while waiting for the lock.
Some cows seemed to think that sunbathing was in order.
Disused canal house stables have been converted into attractive homes.
At Hurleston junction the canal branches off to Wales. We'll be going up there in a couple of weeks. The signpost could do with a coat of paint'
And so to Nantwich. We managed to moor exactly where we needed to be for the road into town, the laundrette visit and the engineer coming to fix the hot water system on Tuesday. Two years ago we couldn't get moored anywhere close. I'm wondering if they have cut the length of time people can stay.
Tomorrow we hope to take the train to Ellesmere Port to visit The Narrowboat Museum. You can travel there in your own boat from Chester but we have heard that the journey is not too interesting so we'll have a day out on the train.
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