Today we can’t go very far. There is a flight of locks called Bosley Lock Flight, that is closed until tomorrow (Wednesday). Our plan is to go from here to the first lock, and try to be one of the first out when they open at 8:30. The first lock from here is only about 3 hours from Bollington, so we slept in, had a leisurely morning, had a late breakfast (egg sandwiches), and got underway at 12:30 PM.
Ready for the day
This part of the canal is very beautiful.
 Nice tree covered canal |  Tim and some kind of bird. |
 Bridge after bridge |  Nice curvy ramp up bridge to change sides of the canal. |
We stopped in Gurnett at 1:50 PM, just 1.3 hours after starting. There are two nice sounding pubs just off the canal that we thought we would check out.
The first is Sutton Hall, a one time manor built 480 years ago! That’s the 1500’s…crazy!
The first is Sutton Hall, a one time manor built 480 years ago! That’s the 1500’s…crazy!
 Nice sign...maybe a nice pub? |  Wow...a very nice pub indeed! |
We got a half-pint of each real ale they had, and sat in comfy, leather chairs by the fireplace.
 A flight of each of the cask ales they have. |  So fancy...especially the wellies. |
The next pub was a 10 minute walk, Ye Olde Kings Head. We were hungry and hoped they had lunch, but they just stopped serving at 3 PM, so we walked back up to the boat and made sandwiches (me: tuna; Tim: Chicken cold cut). We then returned to Ye Olde Kings Head and had 2 half pints of the real ale they had.
Another couple of half-pint in a very nice pub.
We returned the the boat and set off at 4:50 PM, 3 hours after stopping here…that was a nice afternoon.
We only have 1.3 hours to go though this beautiful countryside and we were ready.
We only have 1.3 hours to go though this beautiful countryside and we were ready.
Let's get there.
We passed some well decorated narrowboats along the way. We especially liked the narrowboat with a model of itself on the roof.
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Aquahobo with baby Aquahobo on top.
There was a bit of excitement today. There is the Royal Oak Swing Bridge that I have to stop traffic for before swinging it. A car pulled up right when the gate went down and soon after, 2 ore cars arrived. Hurry bridge…hurry.
 Just turn the key and hold the button.. |  And hold traffic up. |
We finally arrived at the area of our mooring point, but first we filled up our water tank.
Convenient water point close to our evening mooring.
We finally moored up just before the lock with only one boat in front of us. I looked out the window and look what I saw…a cute duck family.
Seven baby ducklings...so cute,
We ate lunch a bit late, so dinner wasn’t until 8:30 PM. Tonight we had breaded fish with special sauce (ketchup & mayonnaise) and roasted sweet potatoes.
Yummy dinner aboard.
We watched a bit of TV, blogged, and then went to bed. Tomorrow will be an earlier morning than usual since there is only one boat in front of us and the Bosley Lock Flight opens at 8:30 AM. Until then...
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