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| Lovely mooring at Bridge 86 |
We are moving on today but only a couple of miles to Scholar
Green as we want to have lunch at the Rising Sun pub which has been recommended
to us by several fellow boaters.
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| Great view of Mow Cop from Canal |
The sun was shining and it was lovely and warm as we set off
along the canal and we were soon passing Bridge 86 where we moored on the way
up and I think one of the nicest moorings on the Macc. There are lovely views of Mow Cop along this stretch of the canal. It is a hill with Mow Cop Castle on the top, an imitation ruin built in 1754 and is over 1,000ft above sea level and we walked up it when we came up the canal a few weeks ago, it was great at the top and well worth the climb up to it, but we won't be doing it again this year, we will save that for the next time we come up this way!
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| Ramsdell Hall |
We then went by Ramsdell Hall which is now owned by Peter
Coates who is the Chairman of Stoke City Football Club. It is a very impressive house and has lovely
views of the canal and the valley below.
We chugged on and past a marina and hire base, under Bridge
87 and we moored up in the visitor moorings.
It is a lovely open sunny spot, really nice.
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| Rising Sun Pub |
We had a walk up to the marina to have a look in their
chandlery and then we walked down the road to the pub, it is just a few minutes
walk from the canal.
It is a nice pub and so we had lunch there, three courses
for £12 and the people who recommended it to us weren’t wrong, the food was
really good and so was the service, we will now recommend it too!
Suitably full, we walked back to the boat and just chilled
out for the afternoon. It has been a
glorious sunny warm day and evening today, so here’s hoping we get a few more
days like this.
We are staying here tonight then tomorrow we shall be saying
goodbye to the Macc and hello again to the Trent and Mersey, oh yes and to lots
of locks as well!
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| Moored at Scholar Green |
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