Br22 to Denford, Caldon Canal via Leek Branch
We woke up fairly early ( dog!) to find rain and grey skies, but after a fairly early start it soon started to brighten up and turned into a wonderful day.
We climbed the Stockton Brook Locks with a brief stop to buy a paper. Most of the locks have amazing stone work alogside them. It amazed us how many boats are actually up on the Caldon Canal at the moment, we thought we would be by ourselves. We decided to turn off to do the leek Branch today and save the trip to Froghall tomorrow, although the steam railway at Cheddleton will probably delay us.
The Leek branch reminded us of the good old Mon and Brec as it was built into the side of a hill with lovely scenery. The Leek Tunnel, although very narrow, seemed incredibly well preserved. Turning at the end of the branch the moorings were already fairly full and got even fully over lunch with a boat mooring across the winding hole.
We retraced our steps to Hazelhurst Junction and dropped down through the 3 locks and moored near Denford. What a wonderful canal this is.
1 comment:
Hi Bob & Nicola,
Great to see that you're still cruising!
Cheers,
Grahame & Joy Craggs
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