A new canal to cross off our map

We only had a few beers last night so we awoke quite early and set off from our over night mooring,we turned right at Barbridege Junction and on to the Middlewich canal which was completed in 1833 and link between the Shropshire and the Trent and Mersey canal.

It a pretty canal  passing through lush pastures supporting rich dairy farms, there's only four locks and today we did three of them before mooring, the locks though are all quite deep. 

We did the first two and then stopped by the Venetian marina where we got a few essential provisions. We then passed the village of Church Minshull, though we didn't visit and only saw it from he distance.

We carried on and moored just before the final lock and entrance to the T & M and the took a little walk  an found a Tescos Extra so did a little bit more shopping, before having dinner and a night of telly again.

See you tomorrow .