Start: Vale Royal moorings
End: Vale Royal moorings
Miles: 0
Locks: 0
Lock miles: 0
Engine hours: 634.3 start / 636.7 end
29th - Walked to Winsford, left river at top of town to go to Morrisons : had coffee and cake and bought picnic things : headed back to boat. Informative information boards but really hard to imagine the leafy surroundings as intensively industrial only 100 or so years ago. That lily covered inlet? A shipbuilders dry dock in constant use. That angled line of masonry? The old line of the river before a new cut dug to reclaim land and build a new road. As it happened, we continued back to the boat and had our picnic there.
30th - Forecast for constant rain so works on bathroom planned. In fact, by the time the bodge completed, the sun was peeping through.
When the rain failed to arrive, walked down to Northwich, visited the museum, had coffee at Bear then walked back on the other side of the river. Jungle in parts, lovely nature reserve in others. Burgers in pitta bread for dinner.
Engine run for 2.5 hours to recharge batteries and encourage fridge.
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