Two days on the trot now – sunshine and no rain! It won’t last long.
Despite the disappointment of turning round and heading back to Manchester, we enjoyed Uppermill. Almost a good mooring (at least the front end was against the bank), sunshine, nice shops and good fish & chips from Betty’s.
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| Royal George Lock, Greenfield |
Today we simply retraced our steps of yesterday and headed back down the locks. There seemed to be a bit more water in the cut, but I had to watch the revs all the time and at no time could I approach anything resembling usual speed. The worst section was again the pound between locks 17W & 18W across the Royal George Aqueduct. I had to look hard at the bank just to make sure the boat was in fact moving at all.
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| River Tame from Roaches Lock |
Still we got to our target of the long mooring with bollards between lock 8W & the sanitary station in relatively good time. We were a bit surprised to see two boats tied up at the sanitary station – the only moving boats (once they’d finished) of the day.
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| Half demolished coal gantry between locks 9W & 8W |
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| Mooring above Lock 8W |
One notable feature has been the well-used towpath. It’s a Sunday I know, but there have been loads of people out on the towpath – walkers & hikers, bikers, joggers, dog walkers & families with young kids – even a few cheerful fishermen. They really seem to love seeing the boats and it’s a shame that more don’t come this way.
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