Wednesday was
to be our last day cruising for a while and as we only had about nine miles we
didn’t hurry to set off from our moorings at Runcorn. The only visitor moorings were outside the
theatre and were completely empty apart from us. You can’t tell from this picture but it is in the town centre, overlooking the shops and the River Mersey on the right hand side.
When researching what to do in Runcorn yesterday I learnt that locally it is known as Liverpool's chavvy blister where they speak with plastic Scouse accents. I seem to remember that Liverpudlians refer to chavs as scallies.
We were
heading back to the southern end of the Bridgewater canal at Preston Brook and
then a few miles on the Trent & Mersey to where we have arranged to leave
the boat. We will leave it there until
the New Year whilst we sort the house out for renting and have our last family
Christmas there for a while. As we have a large
family we always have our Christmas over the first weekend of January as it
is much easier getting everyone together then.
We were followed
into the tunnel at Preston brook by another boat which made the silhouetted shot
at the top of the entry. Karen also
managed to get a better shot of an air shaft (as opposed to a dead steam tug helmsman).
At Dutton
Stop lock boats were queueing in both directions which must be unusual for this
time of year.
A mile or so
before we got to our boatyard we went past Dutton Hollow where there had been a
breach in September 2012. The canal was
closed for seven months to make the repairs which must have caused a lot of
disruption in the area. Mooring
rings were installed in the new concrete kerbing which was really sensible as there are few lengths in this area where you can moor up. The breach must have been quite dramatic as
the embankment the canal is built on is
very steep and quite high at this point.
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