Day 5: 21st August. The good weather continues for us. We set off around 9 for a steady trip to Lymm. A nice little town with good moorings. Our aim was to get onto the Trent and Mersey canal through Preston Brook Tunnel. Once again we made good progress and entered the north portal of the tunnel in the afternoon. The tunnel was just over 1200yds long! We emerged at the south portal after 20 minutes and through the stop lock and onto the Trent and Mersey.
A very nice contour canal with great views down into the Weaver valley. A steady trip down the canal and we soon reached Anderton and the impressive boat lift. We would leave it until the return leg for further investigation.
We called into the sanitary station for water and once again to empty the bog (my job!).
We moored just around the corner from here in open countryside. Another good day'S boating.
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