13th May 2013 - Anderton to Lymm

Went and paid the Marina as soon as they opened at 9am ready for an early start - then got talking to the lady at reception for an hour or so, so our quick getaway went for a ball of chalk.

We set off in warm sunshine wearing just T shirts.  No don't be silly - you know what I mean.
This state of affairs lasted just 10 minutes before another layer went on in the increasing wind.  Inside an hour Annie had 5 layers and me 4, with full waterproofs in what was the wettest day of our journey yet!

We navigated, yet again through the Barnton, Saltersford and Preston Brook tunnels.  I was even more annoyed than on the previous occasions at how the 'wonderful 18th century surveyors' had managed to make a complete dog's breakfast out of tunneling in an absolutely straight line - not once but three times.

We parked up under the motorway bridge at Preston Brook for lunch, only to find the rain hammering down even harder when we emerged from the other side.  The rain stopped at 5pm as we were entering Lymm, which seems a nice place.  However we werent to find out as the urge to press on meant that we finally moored up between Lymm and Dunham Massey.

Just down the road is Millington Hall where one of my antecedents took the family name sometime in the 13th century, no doubt he maintained the privies - certainly wasn't  his Lordship!  Might cycle over in the morning for a pilgrimage - if it isn't raining!