Day 6: Through Middlewich

Day 6:- 22nd August. We left our mooring and past through the chemical works at Northwich. A complete contrast from the beautiful scenery that we had just left. Middlewich is much more plesent. After passing through the big lock, we stopped for provisions at the new Morrisons store.It would be a nice salad tonight.

Our first narrow lock greeted us soon after we set off. One of the lower paddles was out of action and it took a bit to empty after a boat had just gone up. These 3 locks at Middlewich were very busy. There is a hire base just below and just above these locks. If you hit them at the wrong time you could be there for ages!

It took us 2 hours to get through the 3 Middlewich locks and the first lock on the Middlewich branch. After passing through the second lock, we moored for the evening in open countryside. Yet another long day of 9 hours.