4th June 2015

We left Oliver in Middlewich and went by the 37A bus to Northwich where we changed onto the 46 and carried on to Anderton to see the famous Anderton Boat Lift. How we love our bus passes!

It was a shame that the lift was not working but we still enjoyed the visit and had a good opportunity to look around the very comprehensive and interesting visitor centre.  We were a little surprised not to see a much larger number of boats waiting for the lift as it had been out of action for around a week.  The Stanley Arms provided a very good inexpensive lunch.

We arrived back at Oliver a little before 6pm having bought a few bits and pieces at an excellent hardware shop in Middlewich and a small tub of ice cream at Tesco.  The lack of a good freezer forced us to consume the latter at one sitting!

Construction of the “short person steering platform”, to be called 2SP, commenced.

The Anderton Boat Lift

 

Some classic rope work on “Saturn”

 

The making of 2SP gets under way