Macclesfield Canal

A nice (!) right angled turn off the Trent and Mersey brings you to the Macc. (Remember - the boat is 62 feet long!)

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Then you go OVER the T&M (from left to right in this picture) - this then totally destroys your sense of direction for a bit.

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The Macc is full of pretty bridges.

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The one below is a "turnover bridge" with both paths on the same face so that, when the towpath changed sides, the horses could cross over without the need to remove the towing rope.

The other path comes down behind the bushes - you'll have to trust me!

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Of course, some bridges are not quite so pretty!!!

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Macclesfield - a town of many mills (silk mostly in the old days)

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Bollington - and we just had to feed those half starved ducks!!

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The views are just tremendous - on the right is White Nancy (you can just see her on top of the hill) We climbed up there believe it or not - see 5th October for pictures.

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And there's always work to be done - logs to saw for the stove and name painting to do .

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Nick learns to wield the saw too...

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...finishing off with a karate chop!!
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Sometimes the smell from the galley is just too tempting for a canine passer by!!

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 So from Marple (left) at one end to Red Bull (approach right) at the other it was a VERY remarkable trip along the Macclesfield Canal. macc28.gif (42865 bytes)