--- In [email protected], Captain Beeky <captain.be...@...> wrote:
> > Then it's up the T&M to Preston Brook, a side trip into picturesque > Runcorn and a peek at the Runc. The Bridgewater into Manchester then > back out and up to Wigan en route the Rufford bit. > Beeky - if you feel like a little stroll when you arrive in Runcorn basin walk under the bridge approach and with a little tootling around you'll find the line(s) of the old locks down to the river - the original line running down towards Bridgewater House and the newer line to the left. There's precious little of that left but you might find the odd bit of stonework - I can remember those locks in just about useable condition in the 50s! If you do a GOOGLE EARTH for Runcorn and narrow down to the canal basin and the bridge approach the original locks would be paralell to Algernon Street and the newer locks just to the side of Percival Lane - with a bit of imagination you can picture the lines from the G E picture. John
