Leaving Middlewich

Our favourite mooring in Middlewich

Moving on from Anderton on Sunday, it took us 3 days to reach Middlewich.  We did stop a couple of times!  One stop was at a place called Bramble Cuttings.  It is surrounded by private land, so the only way there is by boat.  Only room for 3 boats (of our size) and we were lucky enough to pick up the last mooring.  The middle one!  The next morning both boats moved off so we pulled back as the bank was low and Paul thought it would be a good opportunity to paint one side of the hull.  He had just finished washing the side when it started to rain.

Busy at work!

Whilst it wasn't heavy rain it did last most of the day on and off.  So no painting was done.  But we didn't move on either.  Luckily the next morning was dry and Paul got the job done before we moved off.
We arrived at  Middlewich in time for lunch.
Shortly after, due to an advert I had placed on Gumtree a chap came along and bought our 2 bikes.  We haven't used them in a while and as we are looking to sell Falcon later this year we need to start clearing out a few things!
On Thursday we worked up through Big Lock to moor in our favourite spot.  The picture above was taken by our niece Cheryl who came to visit again.  Think this will probably be her last visit on board as we will be moving out of her area as we head further south.  Must say the weather has improved at lot.  A hot and sunny Easter, just lovely for everyone.  So this morning as we are moving up the remaining 4 locks in Middlewich at the first lock we are 3rd in the queue!  Not so bad though, there were as many boats going the other way.  So once we got going it was easy!  With a stop in the shade for lunch we moored here about 3pm.  Paul is now busy painting the other side of the boat!  I am helping by sitting still!