Slattocks

Densie and Rebecca at Slattocks

That's where we are now, a small village just south of Rochdale. We set off from Littleborough at 9:15 and travelled the 3 lock-free miles into the outskirts of Rochdale through 2 swing bridges. Rochdalers do not love their canal - it is very dirty with a lot of floating rubbish. After a further uninteresting 4 miles and 5 locks we arrived at Slattocks where we intend to spend the night. It is rather noisy as the main road through the village is right next to our mooring but the next mooring opportunity is 10 locks further on. We can leave that until tomorrow.

I must say something good about the area - we still have a pleasing view of the moors in the distance, topped by a windfarm.