Leeds and LIVERPOOL Canal

Only stayed long enough in Wigan to visit the Canal and River Trust offices and pick up our paperwork for the Docks link. There were 5 locks through Wigan so now on the Leeds and LIVERPOOL canal. Only one more lock then it has been flat all the way! Several swing bridges tho so I have still been on and off the boat a bit. Arrived in a small village called Parbold on Friday to find they had a festival there over the weekend so we decided to stay for Saturday. The WI were selling tea and cakes. Being WI you can imagine how lovely the cakes were. We felt it was our duty to partake. In the afternoon there was a dragon parade.

Haskayne Navvy

Met this chap yesterday near the point where the first sod of the Canal was dug.
Today we have arrived at bridge 9 near Aintree. The meeting point for our transit into Liverpool Docks tomorrow.