Our 7 o’clock  start went well for all of ten minutes and then the rain started.  It was on and off until after lunch but we’re tough and so:

A Three Canal Day – Caldon, Trent and Mersey and Macclesfield.  Lovely turns by Pat even if he did say so himself.  He has now joined The Three Angels and Peter.  Quiz answers still awaited.  Also a  passage through the Harecastle Tunnel all by ourselves with the tunnel buster light full on.  PP execution.

Judith showed off her dumplings for lunch and very nice they were too.  A hot meal at midday was very welcome on this rather chilly passage.

This type of bridge was built to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides, without unhitching  the horse. Different systems were used on different canals but on the Macclesfield Canal this was achieved by building spiral ramps.