 Descending Stockton Brook Locks |
 Stockton Brook. |
 Stockton Brook. |
 Leaving Engine Lock. The last section of the Caldon Canal was completed in darkness, and we spent the night just on the Trent and Mersey main line. |
 The Anderton Company Warehouse ... |
 in silhouette. |
 Wharf cranes |
 Waiting for Harecastle Tunnel |
 Brindley's original tunnel |
 The chains show how much lower the roof is in the tunnel. The last remnant of the original towpath is on the right. |
 Martin steers out of the tunnel. |
 I failed to note down the name of this boat. |
 BW's 'blue string' method of mooring. |
 Hardingswood Locks seen from the Macclesfield Canal Aqueduct. |
 Leaving Lock 44. |
 We passed contractors removing a perfectly good towpath ... |
 ... to lay a new towpath! |
 Rosie waits patiently as we descend lock 46. |
 New sheet piling in front of the original stone copings. |
 The offside lock 47 is the only intact duplicate lock which has not been restored ... |
 ... due to a substantial bulge in the chamber wall. |
 A top paddle lurks in the undergrowth. |
 I was delighted to see newly installed traditional wooden T&M paddle gear, as yet unpainted, at Lock 49. |
 The gates could do with a lick of paint too. |
 Below lock 49 the canal has been diverted, the old line leads off to the left here ... |
 ... and rejoins beyond the aqeduct a couple of locks further down. |