Monday 21st July 2008 The morning passed quickly as we completed the Marple lock flight in two hours and forty minutes. We met no-one coming down the flight and there was no sign of any-one ascending in front or behind us. This flight is very pretty with views extending out over the surrounding countryside. It was all the better because the sun came out today – no rain at all. At the top of the flight we turned left towards Whaley Bridge and Bugs/x/worth. Smell of the day – caramel, fruit sweets, liquorice, aniseed, parma violets and sherbert. We cruised past the Swizzels Matlow factory - Yum! We went to Whaley Bridge first to take on water and visit the excellent Tesco store by the junction there. After that we took the other arm and went into Bugsworth basin. We explored right to the end of the basin where we winded and mooring inside the original Limestone loading shed. What a superb mooring spot this basin is with the only disadvantage being the noise from the new by-pass that is close by. Our evening walk took us somewhat higher than the 158m above sea level of the basin. As we came back down we realised how high Jannock had risen as we met a mountain rescue team landrover. We rounded off the evening with a visit to the Navigation, an excellent free-house once owned by Pat Pheonix (if you are old enough to remember Corrie in back and white) Graham www.jannock.org.uk
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