The Laziest of Days

Lying awake last night we could hear the rain falling on the boat roof. Its a bit like camping in the rain - you know from the noise that it's wet and unpleasant outside but you are dry and warm inside. As the weather wasn't that much better in the morning we decided to stay on the Congleton Embankment for the day.

In the morning I lit the stove and we stayed indoors reading, computing and crafting. The weather improved in the afternoon so we alked down the embankment and around the nature reserve at its base. We were lucky to see a dipper, a bird we have only ever seen once before many years ago in Devon.

Densie on the Congleton Embankment

The picture gives some idea of the size of the embankment which stretches right across this attractive valley. Typical Telford design - a canal that travels in a reasonably straight line across the countryside through the hills in cuttings and across the valleys by embankment unlike earlier canals which minimise the large scale engineering by following the contours of the land where possible.