Yesterday a friend and I had a day out at Anderton country park near Northwich. In the morning we had a short walk in the extensive country park, trying not to get lost as we were booked onto the 12.30pm boat. The first part of the trip was in the boat lift which was a very ingenious system to lower and raise boats in big bath tubs from the upper Trent and Mersey canal to the lower River Weaver. You needed a bit of an engineering degree to understand the mechanisms involved but the commentary made it sound easy. Originally it was developed to transport coal, pottery and salt in the good old days, but after the restoration in 2002 it is now used for leisure transport. Then we had a 30 minute cruise up the river to Northwich and back.
Details can be found at http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/
All these trips out makes me feel like I'm on holiday at home!
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