Engine hours start: 507.4 end: 514.8 = 7.5 hours
Miles:12 Locks:13 Lock miles: 25
A glorious evening at last yesterday and we woke to solid blue sky!
Final failure of water pump yesterday so early start and cracking on to Red Bull for a shower and shopping. 7 litres of bottled water on board so basics OK.
Passed Congleton at 09:00: only place to moor is a 2 day stretch between bridges 75 and 76. Also very handy for railway station if further travel required. Possibly not overnight though - better by aqueduct / bridge 73.
Paused for shopping and lunch at Red Bull aqueduct where the Macclesfield crosses the Trent and Mersey. First, a short walk to Tesco then lunch : then Alison walked down to Red Bull services for a proper shower while Andrew single-handed down to the locks. In the event Alison was in time to close the gates of the first lock.
It being beautifully warm, Andrew then suggested doing the locks onwards (the next 11 as it turned out...). Rewarded by a top mooring directly opposite the Broughton Arms.
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