A Tale of Two Cuttings

(Woodseaves and Tyrley)

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Having left Market Drayton at last, we travel through an area of sandstone cuttings - including locks cut through the stone.
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and dire warnings

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 It's not all that clear from these pictures, but there wasn't an awful lot of room for the boat in this stretch!!