Out on 'The Cut'

Well we are well and truly back out now. We still had Dave's car until Wednesday so on Tuesday we visited Jodrell Bank. Very interesting. All about radio waves and how long they take to travel through space. A very worthwhile visit. We also got stocked up on board, not knowing when we would be close to a big supermarket again.

Lion Salt Works at Marston

Thursday saw us finally leaving Anderton. We didn't travel too far, mooring for the night at Marston. The next morning we visited the Lion Salt Works Museum which is right next to the Canal. It was very interesting and good to learn some history about the area we have been traveling through. We then looked at the winter stoppages and discovered if we didn't get a move on we would be stuck up north for Christmas.

View from our side hatch on Friday evening

This made us decide which way to go, as on Monday the first lock on the Middlewhich arm closes for several weeks. But all is well as we came through there this afternoon. So for the moment we are traveling west until we meet up with the Shropshire Union Canal and start heading southwards.