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| Approaching swing bridge |
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| going through lift bridge |
The sun was shining again today as we set off from our
mooring. Just up from us was a swing
bridge which is operated by a key and then you have to push it, it was easy to
open and Kev came through and then I shut it behind him and on we went.
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| Approaching Marple Junction |
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| Back onto the Macc we go |
The next bridge was a lift bridge which is electrically
operated so very easy to do and it didn’t take long to go through and on our
way again. We had one more bridge to do
and that was a lift bridge which is operated by a windlass so I just have to
turn and turn and it goes up, it’s quite hard work but okay and soon it was up
and Kev was going through and then I lowered it again.
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| MarpleAqueduct |
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| Marple Aqueduct & Railway Viaduct |
We chugged on for another mile or so, this bit of the canal
is very shallow and luckily we only passed a couple of boats but still ended up
on the side in a couple of places and then we were at Marple Junction and we
turned back on to the Macclesfield Canal and moored up opposite the water
point. We were lucky to get a space here
as this spot is very popular.
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| Marple Junction |
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| Marple locks |
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| Marple Shops |
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| Old horse tunnel by locks |
We then packed up a picnic lunch and set off down the 16
Marple locks. These are nice locks but
deep. We walked down to the bottom of
the flight and then you go around the corner and there is Marple Aqueduct a
three –arched aqueduct over the River Goyt and is almost 100ft above the river. It was designed by Benjamin Outram and its
construction utilizes circular pierced shoulders above each arch to reduce the
weight of the rubble filling whilst providing a decorative feature. It is a lovely structure.
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| Rope Roller by Locks |
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| Stocks in Memorial Park |
We walked across the aqueduct and sat on a bench the other
side and had our lunch. It is a lovely
quiet setting. We then walked back
across the aqueduct and back the flight and into the Memorial park which is
near the canal. The park leads to the
shops so we had a look around the shops and then went back to the boat.
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| Fantastic Butchers |
We chilled out for a bit then walked over the bridge and
down the road to see if there was anything of interest down there and guess
what we came across a fantastic butchers which make their own sausages, pies,
cure the ham etc. We bought a few things
then headed back to the boat. They didn’t
have any pies or sausage rolls left and the ham was still cooking so we are
going to call in there tomorrow morning before we leave as it is only about a
five minute walk from where we are moored.
We are staying here tonight and chugging off in the morning.
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| Moored at Marple |
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