That was weird, one day of strong winds and back to calm and dull, which is ok for us.
We had a long way to go today, what we did in two days will be done in one today, so an earlier start was required.
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| Cheers Cheshire Cat, see you another time. |
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| The start of today's journey. |
Slipped the mooring at around 09:30 (early for us) and headed South. First stop to pick up some provisions at Egg Bridge.
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| They made an effort to style the bridges in those days. |
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| Built in 1770, rebuilt in1937 |
All I found was this:-
A road-bridge was built over the canal in 1770 so the Egg farm would not be cut off from the main road now known as the A41. Thus Eggbridge Lane was named!
Shame about this...
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| Typical of local authorities, come on guys, you demand we bin it, we demand you empty it. |
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| This is the start of tick-over alley. |
We counted the number of moored boats - 121; plus about five or six spaces unoccupied. Let's just suppose the average cost of mooring there is £1500 a year. (It's probably more). You do the maths.
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| This looks like a new build, and very tastefully done too. |
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| Locks were hard work, that's why Lin's doing them........................Take cover! |
The locks are in an awful state up this end of the Shroppie, they leak like a sieve, so much they take ages to fill, and the gates only just open against the weight of water in the pound. The good news is there's bits and pieces lying around to indicate that work is about to start soon.
Bunbury Staircase Locks were the last of the day, these weren't too bad, though they still need work done.
Even the cutbacks are being cut back...
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| You would only just get a wide beam through here. |
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