Hassall Green to Red Bull

Weather cleared up a bit yesterday afternoon so we set sail at 4pm without any definite goal and moored at Red Bull after 9pm after 15 or 16 locks and intermittent showers. Rural scenery and a small village or two. Route from Hassall Green to Red Bull (Open link to expand)

When we reached Red Bull it was 9pm and still light and showery.

Derelict lock fortunately it's double was operational

This section of the Trent and Mersey is named the Cheshire Flight even though some locks are a fair way apart and some are bunched together with only a short 30 metre pound between them, This is the bottom doors of a set of double locks. The operational lock is on the left and the derelict is on the right. Most of the double locks have both locks operational so one boat can be ascending and another descending or 2 boats can be going up or down simultaneously.

The roads are narrow and used for pedestrians, cyclists, cars, trucks and tractors. This one is probably 200 years old and still carrying the load. This tractor was in regular transit at Hassall Green as it transferred 16 hay rolls at a time from the adjoining padock to a hayshed. (yes 24 rolls, just checking if you are awake)

We will sail Rhapsody across the aquaduct and onto the Macclesfield Canal today.