And STOP!

The Trent and Mersey Canal. The boards are trying to keep the water in following the breach further up the canal.

Le Trent and Mersey Canal. Les bastainges sont la pour garder l'eau dedans apres la breche plus loin.

 Second line of defence, mud!
We are moored 6 miles from here, still afloat.This is the end of the line...Estimated repair date 2014.


Deuxieme ligne de defense, le boue! Nous amarre 10km d'ici,toujours a flot! C'est le fin du canal...Reparation estime d'etre fini en 2014.

                                                       




 High and dry..





Echoue!

Nine boats left stranded. Both ends of the canal closed.
Earliest repairs to the least damaged section, December 2012.
Time to go home and start again in April 2013...

Neuf bateau laisse comme ceci.
Le canal fermer en deux cotes.
Reparations sur la partie le moins endommage, Decembre 2012.
C'est le moment de rentre a la maison et recommence en Avril, 2013 

Northwich

The Anderton Lift gets us onto the River Weaver from where we can moor in Northwich   town centre.

 This, however , is the first view from the river, the soda works which eventually brought ICI into being.It is strangely attractive actually!!!

 And here we are moored at Town bridge. Weather's looking threatening...

Never mind, there's a rainbow! All will be well...

 Into Northwich,to some pretty buildings...




....and interesting parks,

and a lesson to us all!!

The Anderton Lift

 It really is a trip down memory lane! This Morgan is the same year and the same colour as the one we had in the dim and distant past....


C'est vraiment une voyage dans la memoire! Cette Morgan etait le meme annee et le meme couleur que le notre, il y a des annees.....

 But, on we go! To the famous Anderton Lift which takes boats from the safety of the Trent and Mersey Canal and deposits them 17m below onto the River Weaver.


On y va! The Anderton Lift, qui sert comme une ecluse. C'etait construit en 1875 et permit les peniches de quitter le caneau et arrive sur la riviere, 17m au dessous.

Now, listen carefully...


Ecoutez bien!

Into the caisson..

Down we go...



On descend doucement...

And out we go!





Et voila!

Easy!!



Facile!