Middlewich Kings Lock to Chellshill

9 miles, ¾ flg and 17 locks

Beans and sausages on toast on board for breakfast.

Underway by 11am following engine service. Barry left for a meeting in Leeds.

Gary treated us to ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches and a pint of Rebellion for lunch.

Indian take away on board before returning south.

Marston to Middlewich Kings Lock - service and repairs

7 miles, 7¼ flg and 4 locks

Early full english breakfast at a friendly convenience shop in Marston. (Garry went for the full monty)

Stopped for a planned engine check-up in Middlewich only to find the engine compartment flooded. Repairs to the weed box required.

Lunch at the Kings Lock pub while we waited.

Enforced overnight stop in the boatyard.

Birthday dinner at Kindertons restaurant.

Preston Brook marina to Marston(Trent & Mersey Canal)

Barry, Garry, John Vare, Mike Jackson

9 miles, 1¼ flg and 1 lock

1pm start from Preston Brook.

Through the Preston Brook tunnel, past the the Anderton lift and moored by the Lion Salt Works at Marston.

Dinner at the Salt Barge Pub.

Oldfield Brow to Preston Brook Marina

Boothstown to Oldfield Brow

Crooke to Boothstown (Bridgewater Canal)

Saracen's Head to Crooke

Launch at Saracen's Head, Halsall (Leeds & Liverpool Canal)