The weather is beautiful and slowly getting hotter. Sadly my gentle pursuasion of the tiller swan neck has left me with a sore back. This ruled out our continuing up the Rochdale Canal as the 'Rochdale nine' as they are know, the first nine locks out of Manchester are notoriously heavy. We have decided its about time I caught the train home to visit Mum so we have been looking at some alternatives and returning to Northwich would appear to be the best option.
We travelled right through the hottest part of the day and were exhausted by late afternoon, so we decided to moor up at Little Bollington which seemed a nice spot. It was also close to Millington Hall so I thought an exploratory bike ride might be fun. Off-loaded my bike and went a lovely ride, finding the Hall, the building now just an 18th century farmhouse but formerly the seat of the Millingtons of Millington.
After tea we cycled down to a pub I had spotted quite close to the boat. Originally it was called 'The Swan with Two Necks' now strangely the Swan with Two Nicks. Hmmmm
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| Winding the boat in Castlefields |
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| Our mooring spot in Castlefields |
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| Leaving Manchester |
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