At the wood yard

Our boating friends from Burscough have told us how they like mooring at the wood yard, on the outskirts of the village, so we thought we’d give it a go. The mooring is actually the landing point for swing bridge 30, which is now disused. Although the wood yard have a generator going most of the day, it’s a very peaceful spot, over looked by the old aircraft hangers of the WW2 airfield peeping through the reeds. 

We have had lots of visitors to the bird feeder, which is so lovely.

Yesterday we caught the train from New Lane Station, a tiny halt that has a train stop there every 2-3 hours. We spent the day in a very sunny warm Southport, mainly to pop into the bank. Once finished at the bank we strolled along the pier and the foreshore as the tide was in. We ended the day at The Tap & Bottles micro pub. We knew which train to catch back to our little halt, once the train had pulled out of Southport the guard announced “if you want to alight at New Lane make sure you’re in the last carriage” as he’ll only open the his door, however, we’d got on at the front of the train and there was no way through the train, so we had to get off at Burscough Bridge Station and walk back to the boat along the tow path under the beautiful setting sun. Sadly, the photos of the sun set just don’t represent the amazing colours and reflections we saw.

On the way into the village Sunday to attend the Artisan Market at the wharf we saw first ducklings.