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| Lillies on the Leeds & Liverpool reminding us of the Erewash canal near Nottingham |
We seem to have been
really lucky with the weather since being in the north west – shorts and
tee-shirts nearly every day since the beginning of May. Talking to locals they are also saying it is
really unusual but are not complaining 😊
Tuesday morning was no
exception, a few clouds came in during the middle of the day but soon
disappeared again. We set off mid-morning
to a place called Maghull on the outskirts of Liverpool. Ron and Jean who had been mooring near us for
the last few nights set off at the same time, so we could share the swing
bridges.
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| Ron & Jean following us on their boat Nightingale |
I will be able to get an in-focus
shot for them tomorrow as we will be cruising into Liverpool together. It’s not often you get shots of your boat
from the front and it reminded me of one of our cruises with Mike & Aileen
back in November 2014 when they took this picture of us coming through Tring
summit on the GU.
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| Early morning mist-breakers (our only frontal shot taken by someone else) |
Most of the bridges on the
Leeds & Liverpool are traditional stone built structures like this one:
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| Midday clouds rolling in |
When we looked at the map in the morning we noticed that we were going through Lollies bridge and we were looking forward to that as we often call Lauren, Lolly. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of the traditional bridges but a boxy uninspiring one.
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| Lollies uninspiring bridge |
The cut itself was looking
more and more like the Erewash canal although not as clear. The Erewash is a very clean, clear canal and
has mile after mile of water lillies.
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| Lillies on the Leeds & Liverpool reminding us of the Erewash canal near Nottingham |
After 2 ½ miles we moored up
for the day and had a wander further along the cut and then spent the rest of
the afternoon arranging what we wanted to do in Liverpool for the next
week. We already have (for us) a lot of
socialising arranged. When we arrive
tomorrow afternoon it will be Dave (Karen’s cousin) & Barbara’s last night
in the docks and we are joining them for a barbecue together with Chris &
Aileen. Chris & Aileen also have a narrowboat and cruise with
Dave & Barbara during the summer and they will be leaving on Thursday too.
My middle son Steve is
coming up to stay for a few days too and is hoping to arrive in time to meet
the others. On Sunday, Robert &
Jane, who live out in the country near the marina we visited yesterday, are
visiting us and no doubt we will get some lunch somewhere 😉
The only drawback of being
in the middle of a city is that it’s not much fun for dogs but it’s only for a
week.
It’s an early start (for
us) at 8 on Wednesday morning as we still have a few swing bridges and a few
miles to get through before reaching the end of the Leeds & Liverpool and arriving
at the top of the lock flight on the Liverpool Canal Link. We have to be there by 1.00pm but plan on
being earlier so we can grab some lunch before cruising down the flight and
through all the various docks alongside the River Mersey.
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| Our Tuesday night mooring |
4 comments:
Reads rather sadly, in retrospect. You do realise that the only reason you are enjoying this unusually good weather is that we are trapped in Surrey doing house clearance and can’t get up to our boat in order to make it rain.
Think you may be in Liverpool for longer than a week !!
We were the Wigan side of the breach!
It is - we have felt really sad all day looking at what has happened. Thanks for the weather though.
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