Day 27 - Macclesfield to Bugsworth Basin

Monday 29th June

16 miles



White Nancy

Left Macclesfield not quite knowing where or how far we were heading. Lovely day for cruising dry and warm. Forgot to mention the snake bridges on the Macclesfield they are impressive stone structures built to allow the horses to cross the canal without unhitching.

Cruised past White Nancy and remembered walking to it on the grit stone way.

Bollington







Bollington

Stopped for lunch at Four Ends Lane only to find Margarita behind us later, the third time we had been neighbours in four days.



Cruising the Peak Forest

Continued cruising to Marple where the visitor moorings were in the shade. Paul eager to move on even though it was 4.30. After a quick cuppa and Wimbledon catch up we cruised to the junction taking a right turn onto the Upper Peak Forest canal.



The final milepost on the Macclesfield canal

We thought the Caldon and Macclesfield were stunning but this beats them both, the hills of the peak district rising either side, we are now in Derbyshire. However, the canal was shallow and after attempting to moor once we decided to move on to the terminus at Bugsworth Basin.

After mooring it was a short stroll to the Navigation Inn where the clientele were interesting to say the least! Sat out for supper - a summer's evening at last!