We are making good progress on our homeward journey. The weather has been great and we have even caught a little bit of sun!! The foot is continuing to make very slow progress........ But getting there I think :-).
The sun has encouraged Mr B's boat cleaning.
What a lovely sight a man at work!!
Not content with cleaning the boat, later that day the bike got cleaned as well.
We have seen loads of ducks with chicks but this has to be one of the biggest broods so far, with a little yellow chick thrown in for good measure, imagine trying to keep this lot under control.
As we started our journey on the Trent & Mersey we saw what has to be one of the largest items ever being transported, escorted by police outriders and with a couple of trucks pushing at the back. We were right next to a water treatment plant so I am guessing that was where it was headed but could be totally wrong, it certainly caused a massive tailback of traffic.
We have also seen our first hot air balloon of the year, summer must be on its way!
As we made our way down the locks, we met another boat heading down, which George had gone visiting on a couple of days earlier - old habits die hard and just recently he has popped onto at least 4 boats to check them out!!! One had its own resident German Shepherd, luckily for George he was quite happy to welcome a fellow four legged friend on board. The dog from this boat had his revenge as he jumped on the back of our boat and reappeared getting off the front!! George was totally oblivious :-)).
As we headed down the locks, Rod spotted this car sitting on a drive, there is definitely a bit of work to be done to this one. Maybe one for Ant to add to his ongoing Corsair project?
Saturday was beautiful, could this be right a bank holiday weekend and the sun was shining?
As we made our way down the Trent & Mersey we passed a boat called "No Problem" this is the first narrow boat blog that Rodney started to follow and we had last seen them back in July on the Grand Union just outside London.
The Trent and Mersey was pretty quiet and we made good progress through the locks before turning onto the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union.
I'd forgotten how deep some of these locks are, will soon have pop eye muscles again.
We found a great spot to moor with fantastic views and enjoyed a lazy afternoon in the sun.
The view from our side window above and looking down the canal below.
On Sunday we got to the end of the Middlewich branch and turned onto the Shropshire Union main line.
Suddenly it was like being on the canal equivalent of the M25, we must have passed more boats today than we have passed in the last two weeks!!! We had our first queue at a lock since back in September, but this a beautiful stretch of canal, the weather is pretty good and it's a bank holiday, so shouldn't really have been a surprise. We met up with Mike and Liz who brought their dog Sandy with them and we made our way to just before Audlem. We had a great afternoon and finished off with a lovely pub meal.
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