Sunday 22 April 2018

Bosley Locks

Cruising towards Bosley Locks

The weather forecast predicted heavy rain around 11am so we stayed at our moorings near Congleton until the bad weather had passed. We set off at 11:50 and continued along the scenic Macclesfield Canal arriving at Bosley Bottom Lock at 1:20pm after lunch on the move. 
View of The Cloud from the Bosley locks

Densie at Lock 6, Bosley flight

We could have moored there for the day but decided to complete the 12 Bosley locks during the afternoon. Unfortunately every lock needed emptying before we could enter so we were pleased that the ascent only took us about 2 hours.  These locks are well engineered being designed by Thomas Telford and provide attractive views across the surrounding hilly countryside.  We moored beyond the top of the Bosley locks giving us an easy cruise to Macclesfield tomorrow.

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