Back on the Trent & Mersey

Approaching the 1200 yard Preston Brook Tunnel

Weather was dull with menacing dark clouds this morning but it stayed dry whilst we were cruising.  Nothing much to report. We left the Bridgewater Canal and are now back on the Trent & Mersey Canal which will take us all the way home.   After passing through Preston Brook, Saltersford, and Barnton tunnels we arrived at Anderton boat lift around 12:00.  There we had a pump-out, refilled with water and then moved on for half an hour to moor out in the Cheshire countryside near Marston.

As we were mooring we heard a mewing call and were pleased to identify two buzzards, one possibly a juvenile, in a nearby tree.