Along the Canal

Saturday 25 July 6.5 and 9.5 miles
Donna, Hilary and Jane

We set out from Hilary's house, it was really sunny day and very pleasant to walk along the canal.

As we came into Rudheath under the A556 there are houses on the opposite side of the canal, one of which was being extended and they had built a small deck on the canal's edge.

We thought we had better have our lunch so we sat on the grass beside the canal looking at the houses opposite deciding which we liked best!

A flying model helicopter came over the hedge, a kid was flying it from one of the gardens. Hilary thought he was flying it very well.

The canal shop at the Old Smithy was open so we had a look. Donna really liked the canal hats that the women used to wear!

We sat and had a coffee in the sunshine at the Italian restaurant on the canal side. Martin joined us. Donna went home.

Hilary and I decided to continue walking around to the Anderton Boat Lift. We spent some time watching the tourist boat as it was just coming up the lift when we arrived. It turned around and picked up more passengers and then we watched it going down. It seemed to take ages and from the cafe area we couldn't see a lot. But we did manage to see it reach the bottom when John came to pick us up!