Monday 6 December 2021

Locked in

 We are locked in along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from Appley Bridge on the outskirts of Wigan to Maghull a Liverpool suburb, a nice long lock free section. We chose this stretch to be ‘locked in’, while Canal & River Trust do their planned maintenance on the locks. Along this stretch there’s easy access to shops and more importantly 3 regular craft groups.


I had a super birthday, way back at the end of October. We had planned a trip to Blackpool to see the lights (my sister calls it the ‘hallucinations’). I thought Edmund was at work, but he’d arranged with Heather to surprise me and meet us in the pub for lunch.




I opened my presents on the train once we’d met up with the Chorley lot.


Edmund stayed for the weekend.



Halsall cutting where they commence digging the canal more than 200 years ago was lovely with the autumn colours.



At one point we had a towpath canal beside us!!



I am taking part in a spinning advent fibre swap, 10g/day through December and a special fibre blend, such fun.



We were in Liverpool last week, so I could give blood. Although it was a Monday, it was very busy. The street decorations were lovely.




Last week, we actually saw an old lock gate being taken off on the Rufford Branch while we were at the nearby water tap.



We’ve had some amazing sunrises and a couple of mornings the canal was frozen.

 

We had a fuel delivery from 'Ambush', which made us feel quite tiny!!!!