The old derelict Appley 2 locks
Only the alternative 12 foot deep single lock is in use
Yet another hot humid day. A quick 50 minute trip of one mile and 2 swing bridges took us into Burscough Bridge where we stopped to shop. We were pleased to find narrowboats Kandahar and Guelrose already moored there. These are people we know from IWA and had met up with in Liverpool.
After an hour at the shops we had a quick lunch on booard and then set off again at 1pm. Our aim is to go through the busy Plank Lane Swing Bridge on SUnday rather than disrupt Mondays traffic, and that is some 15 miles, 8 locks and a few swing bridges from Burscough - say about 8 hours. This is too much for one day, particularly in this heat.
So we travelled a further 6 miles, i lock and 5 bridges into the Douglas valley mooring just before 4 pm in the countryside near Appley Bridge with a good view across the valley to the west and trees to the east.
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