We are moving on today but not until this afternoon as this
morning the Cycling Tour of Britain Stage 3 is coming through Middlewich so we
are going to stay and watch the cyclists come through. Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish are riding
but I doubt if we will actually pick them out as they ride so fast!
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Workmen filling a pothole!! |
We walked down into the town, picked out the spot where we
thought was best to stand and then went for a coffee. The town was quite deserted but when we came
out of the coffee shop there was people everywhere and they were giving out
flags and long balloons which you could bang together instead of clapping and
there was a lovely atmosphere.



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Bradley Wiggins Team Car |
I managed to get some photos of the pack
going through and also a photo of Bradley Wiggins’ team car and in a flash they
had all ridden into the distance and then for about five minutes of so after
all the team cars came through, it was incredible how much equipment and cars
follow them.
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Into Stanthorne Lock |
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Cows following us along the canal |
It was really good to see and we were glad we stayed to see
it. We walked back to the boat and set
off along the canal.
We are only going a few miles today to Church Minshull. After a short while we came to the only lock
we are doing today and there was a bit of a queue but it didn’t take long and
then it was our turn and up the lock we went and on our way along the canal.
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Don't think they have enough panels!! |
The canal was really quite quiet and we only saw a couple of
boats. We chugged on and moored in the 48hr moorings at Church Minshull just
past Bridge 14. We did pass a moored boat with more solar panels than you could shake a stick at, they must need a lot of power!!
We are staying here tonight then chugging on tomorrow. It has been a really warm day today and dry
as well, hope this nice weather lasts.
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Moored at Church Minshull |
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