Rishton for the night

We went through Burnely on Wednesday, only stopping for lunch.  During the course of the day Paul had to 'go down' the weed hatch 3 times with all the debris the prop was picking up.  On one occasion

Accrington Town Hall with Market Hall in the background.

it was a sleeping bag.  The available moorings didn't look so good so we carried on to Rose Grove where the moorings are secure within the Canal and River Trust Yard.
Spending the night there we didn't move off until after lunch when we made the short cruise of a couple of miles to Hapton.  Not a lot there but it was a good point to meet up with our niece Cheryl who came to see us on Friday.  Driving from Stockport.  Been a couple of months since we last saw her so it was good to catch up.

Our lunchtime mooring on Sunday

Saturday was very windy so as the canal in this area is particularly bendy rather than try and cruise we got the bus into Accrington.  There were some lovely old buildings and we found a nice Italian Restaurant for lunch.  With good Wifi as well as good food so we were able to fill up and up date at the same time!
On Sunday we had amazing views over the Pennines.  With hills and valleys on both sides, the picture does it no justice at all.  The clouds made the hills look really brooding.  Forunately although there was cloud we didn't have any rain.

At Church, this marks the midway point between Leeds and Liverpool

There are no locks on this section
but moving on after lunch yesterday there were 3 swing bridges to bring us to Church where we moored for the night.
Having moved on to Rishton this morning we are now over half way on our journey to Liverpool, but only just!