Anderton

We’ve spent a few day moored near the Anderton Boat Lift and were thinking how nice it would be to take the family down on the boat lift and spend a few days on the River Weaver.

We decided to may be do the decent next year, which was very lucky, as we then had 27 hours of constant rain leaving the River Weaver bursting it’s banks. Northwich had to close it’s flood gates and the by-weir next to the boat lift was absolutely racing. 

 

As we travelled away from Anderton we could see the flooded fields and the bungalows on the far bank under water. We moored near Acton Bridge to stroll down the path to have a look.

We walked this stretch of the river a couple of months ago and the sign for the pub was quite high.

There was a boat on the visitor mooring and you couldn’t see it's mooring bollards. 

 

We had a great day at Anderton Boat Lift Museum when Heather, the children and Edmund & Josh came to visit. Big and small children alike had a lovely day, (a few days before the floods).

 Playing with the toys and dressing up clothes at the museum!!

In the maze.

Saturday evening we met up with Colin & Carole from The Wool Boat and watched the firework display held at Anderton.

We spent a few days moored near Lion Salt Works and enjoyed strolling around the flashes. The flashes are where the salt mines have collapsed and are now nature reserves.

It is fascinating seeing old photos of how the towns suffered from the subsidence into the mines. In 1907 there was a breech of the canal as it too subsided into a mine.