Yesterday we stayed put and walked up to the village of
Barnton via the towpath and doing some geo-caching on the way. We came out by Northwich Antiques Centre
which is in an old pub and is on four floors.
It is a great place to look around and they also have a café so we
stopped for a drink and a sandwich.
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| Antiques & Cafe |
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| Northwich Antiques Centre |
We then walked on up the road and the Trent & Mersey
canal was close by and into the village.
There is a co-op, a Premier shop, a Post Office, a Pharmacy,
hairdressers, a few takeaways, a DIY shop and a Butchers.
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| Butchers in Barnton |
We went into the Butchers and he was a very friendly chap
and we bought some lovely bacon and sausages and a pork pie.
We walked back to the canal via Salterford lock which is on
the River Weaver and we found some damson trees which were laden with fruit so
we picked some to make a bit more jam seeing as our first lot turned out so
well, let’s hope this lot does as well!
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| Saltersford Locks |
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| In Saltersford Lock |
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| Out we go |
Today we are moving on, so we rang the lock keeper to say we
were coming and left our mooring and chugged on to the lock. Another boat left the moorings as well, so we
shared the lock with them. We stopped at
the water point when we came out of the lock to fill up and also picked a few
more damsons to make up the amount we wanted and then went on our way and it
was a beautiful sunny morning.
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| Passing under Acton Swing Bridge |
We went on down the river and it was so lovely sunny and
warm and we then came to Acton Swing Bridge, there was quite a few rowers
around this stretch. We went on and
after a bit we were approaching Dutton Locks where there is another rowing club
and there was quite a lot of boats on the water milling about.
We headed on to the lock and a boat with 4 girls and a cox
in was pretty close to us and they were drifting in front of us so I said to
them that we can’t stop straight away and so they needed to get out of the way,
but instead of going to the side of us they came straight across the front of
our boat and then panicked as I shouted to them that although Kev had whacked
the boat in reverse, it takes a bit to stop, they had to lift their oars and
the boat was millimetres away from us hitting it. They didn’t even say sorry
and then to top it all a lad in a single boat did exactly the same thing!
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| Passing Acton |
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| There are penguins in Acton! |
Kev shouted to the instructor who was in a small boat who
obviously didn’t have many brain cells as he just looked at Kev gormlessly when
he shouted or could have been swearing at him!!
Also I think Kev told the lad in the single boat he was brainless as
well, but I don’t think he said it that politely to him either!!
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| In Dutton Lock |
We got into the lock okay and there was another boat already
in there. We put our ropes on the chains and down we went, the lady lock keeper
was nice and friendly and soon the gates were opening and out we went.
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| Coming to Dutton Railway Viaduct |
We chugged underneath the Dutton Railway Viaduct which
carries the West Coast Mainline and there was a train going overhead.
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| Frodsham |
On we went and after a few miles, we moored at Sutton Swing
Bridge.
We are walking to Frodsham this afternoon, a town about a
mile or so away. Frodsham is a nice market town with quite a
lot of shops. We had a wander around and
got a few supplies. There was a good Fruit & Veg shop selling local
vegetables, apples and plums. There is
also a Garden Centre not far from where we are moored so we are going to have a
look around there tomorrow.
We are staying here tonight and also tomorrow and then chugging
up to the end of the navigation on Monday.
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| Moored near Sutton Swing Bridge |
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| Moored at Sutton Swing Bridge |
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