Barbridge to Tiverton - 6 miles, 6 locks, 3 hours 20 mins

Left Barbridge just before 8:00 and immediately passed the junction for the Middlewich arm of the Shropshire Union, with the A51 running alongside.

As travelled on we arrived at the first set of locks which were a staircase of 2 locks.

We then arrived at the locks at Beeston the second was a very unusual lock made of iron, this was as a result of the soil around the lock site being predemoniantly sand and the first lock built in the traditional style collapsed twice.

To the right you could see the remains of Beeston Castle.

We had a close shave at the last lock George got a little over confident and tried to get onto the back of the boat as it came into the lock, then changed his mind and teetered on the edge, luckily his balance was good enough to stop him falling in!!! 

Rod cycled back and I did a bit of paint touch up on the front, following a couple of scrapes coming down the Audlem flight.  

We are going cycling in Delamere Forest this afternoon, as long as the rain holds off :-))

(EH 332.3)