Hotel Narrowboats day 2/3
Day two of the trip and the weather really was great, with good patches of sunshine and otherwise pleasant temperatures with a little cloud. This was perfect for our trip. After a couple of tricky corners with two seventy foot boats, we turned onto the Macclesfield Canal, and soon came to a short, but nevertheless impressive aquaduct. This is the view from it on to the double locks down below on the Trent and Mersey . What clever builders they had hundreds of years ago! The Macclesfield was much more overgrown than the T and M, but I almost preferred it because it was unspoilt and not developed. There were some cute little cottages by the locks And lush forests along its banks. The bridges were perfectly reflected in the still waters. This spot appealed to me as we floated past, and in fact, this is where we are now moored for the night. It is so peaceful, and yet, just behind the hedgerows is a fairly sunstantial little town, even though it seemed we were in the middle of nowher...