Our navigation book notes that 'the traveller is soon aware of the great height climbed as the navigation winds along a hill.' And that is certainly true. Much of this area used to be dominated by the massive operation of the Wigan Coal and Iron Co., which employed 10,000 people at their works beside the top nine locks of the flight. They had 10 blast furnaces, 675 cooking ovens and a 339ft high chimney. Nowadays, none of that remains to be seen from the canal.
As we sailed along we looked over the hills and valleys of the area, passing a sign welcoming us to Lancashire. The only towns we came near were Adlington, where we stopped for lunch at the White Bear Marina cafe, and Chorley, where we stopped for the night.
This is our approach to Adlington.
When we had moored at Chorley, we realised that we were fairly close to Southport where my sister Wendy lives so we are going to explore the possibility of paying her a visit, if we can. Well, it's a shame to be so near and not make the effort.
Watch this space.
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