Only 7 miles traveled today. The canal twists and turns around the edge of the hills and varies between heavy industrial development and green fields.
Looking at the map you can see where later canal builders could have cut a corner or two, but then, much of the beauty of this canal would have been lost.
At Church we passed the midpoint of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, marked with an appropriate sculpture. However, by the time we had fired up the iPad, entered the password, loaded the camera and it deciding to change the settings to video - the moment had passed! We missed it! I did offer to go back but this is somewhat awkward with a narrowboat, so on we went.
There were 3 swing bridges, all operated with a handcuff key, windlass and upper body strength. I did one, Brigid the other two.
We moored up for lunch on the boat and, just as we were finishing, a voice called out: "Hello, have you got a spanner I could borrow?" Poor chap, his chain has come off of his bike and jammed between the wheel and the frame. He had already walked 2 miles and needed to get home so that he could collect his daughter from school. Spanners produced and he was soon on his way.
We stopped near Clayton-Le-Moors after Foster's Swing Bridge at a very nice mooring with views across the valley.
All ready for a nice cuppa!
No sooner said than done.
And a lovely sunset to finish the day.
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