Saturday 15th May.
We are both feeling a lot better today, hurrah! We have still only travelled 4.5 miles to just outside Congleton where we are moored on the embankment that crosses the valley. The views from here are beautiful, on both sides as we are so high up.
We first moored in the town for the usual, you know, paper shop etc. As it happened we were quite a way from the pub but for a change George didn’t seem to mind. Unfortunately, in spite of the close proximity of two dog poo bins, most people who walk there appear to have an aversion to picking up their dog mess so the path was a veritable mine field, pity! On the other side of the canal, and just as well, was a man with a bulldog, staffie cross. Lovely dog, called Max, same age as George and exactly the same temperament when it comes to other dogs. In fact, I think he was worse than George because it looked as if he would have swum across the canal, if his owner had let him off the lead, to get to George, who was not taking a blind bit of notice of him it has to be said!
Later on we moved out of the town with the intention of getting to the bottom of Bosley Locks but when we came across this view we decided to stop here. It’s nice to be so high up and have views on both sides. Usually all you can see are hedges when you’re inside the boat. We’ll probably stop here tomorrow as well before we tackle the 12 locks in 1 mile Bosley flight. They are the only locks on this canal so it’s all over in one go so to speak.
