Another rural vista
Trundling along another embankment
And then the view opened up again
Coming into Bollington, past the old Adelphi cotton mill
Bollington aqueduct coming up just around the corner, where we hoped to find a mooring
We slipped into the last mooring available, and this is the view
Looking up the Aqueduct to Clarence Mill, originally another cotton mill
And lastly looking toward White (white blob on top of the hill)
Quiz question. Who built White Nancy and why?
We moored up just after four. It has been very windy all day and Lawrence has done a Stirling job keeping AL on the straight and narrow. In gusting winds it takes a deft hand on the tiller to avoid embarrassments such as colliding with another boat or a narrow bridge hole.
To everyone who has left comments on the blog. Thank you. As well as appearing on the blog, the comments also come to my email (that's how I know you've commented on a particular day). I never look at a blog after I have published it, cos I figure that would use up precious data allowance and that is why I have stopped replying to comments on the blog. I should email you individually, but I have been my usual slack self. Sorry
Beds are remade with clean linen (something of a marathon in a NB) and living room pulled apart and put back together to store the extra linen and made risotto for dinner - okay, can't lie, it was a prepackaged risotto, just add water and boil for 15 mins.
5 miles, 0 locks in 5.30
White Nancy was built in 1817 by John Gaskell junior of North End Farm to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo.
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