Along the Macclesfield Canal

Hall Green Lock - 1 foot rise. A stoplock to prevent the two different canal companies stealing each other's water.

A "Snake Bridge" designed to allow the towpath to move from one side of the canal to the other without the need to un-hitch the horses.

As we are taking things unusually easy at the moment we didnt leave our moorings until 10:00. By 11:10 we had reached the moorings near Ramsdell Hall where we had previosuly moored on our way to Manchester last year. At that time we had contemplated walking to the top of Mow Cop, a nearby 1100ft hill but the weather wasnt too good.

Today the weather was pleasant so we decided to make the trek. Only 1.5 miles but a climb of some 650 feet from the canal. From the top allegedly you can see the Welsh Mountains, but today there was a bit of a haze. The best we could manage was a good view of Jodrell Bank, its white dishes contrasting with the green fields around.

View from our mooring on the Congleton Embankment

After returning to the boat for lunch we continued up the canal stopping for the night in the middle of Congleton Embankment where we have a spectacular view of the (unnamed on the OS map) valley from both sides of the boat.