Today
(4th Oct) we cruised along our old home waters – the
familiar and the known.
We
came through the Bollington canal corridor which retains the essence
of it's 1850's industry. Both Adelphi Mill and Clarence Mill are
being fully utilised by a variety of small business.
Emerging
from the wooded cut under the grandeur of Clarence Mill, built 1831
Looking
back at Clarence Mill with the new(ish) footbridge
Pulling
in at Bollington Wharf for a pump out /diesel, it was good to meet our
previous neighbours and pass our old mooring berth. We moored here
from 2004 to 2011.
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Pulling
into Bollington Wharf for services
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Our
old mooring
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Adelphi Mill at Bollington, built 1856
Effectively this summer, we have been doing the clockwise Cheshire Ring, albeit in two sections. All the years of cruising the Macclesfield Canal, perhaps we have taken it for granted. Having come back this year, with fresh eyes, the canal is full of interest and beauty, both rural and industrial.
We
cruised through Macclesfield, passing the majestic Hovis Mill built
in 1831, now apartments. I've been told this mill also produced the
metal baking tins, as well as the flour/ bread and the paper
wrappings for their famous loaves?
Read more about the Mill, indeed the history of the Macclesfield Canal on the excellent Macclesfield Canal Society website: Macclesfield Canal Society
CRT Yard at Swettenham Street Wharf
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Approaching
Verdon's Bridge No.41 – the location of a severe landslip some
years ago and the subsequent additional supporting abutments
New
additional abutments
Looking
back at the roving bridge, Foden Bank Bridge No.43
We
moored on the Gurnett Aqueduct Visitor Moorings, from where I walked
into town to get some supplies from Aldi!
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