The Middlewood Way is a ten mile trail that runs from Macclesfield to Marple. Originally a railway line, The Marple, Bollington and Macclesfield Railway opened for business in 1869 but closed a hundred years later having never been very profitable. It re-opened as a recreational trail in 1985 and this morning Joe and I plus the two dogs walked the stretch from High Poynton into Marple and returned to Caxton via the towpath, after coffee and teacake al fresco in Marple of course.
Lesley and Joe. We are yet another pair of early retirees that are busy dodging our coffins. We have had built our very own narrowboat, Caxton, and are now starting out on our new life of exploring the ditches, dykes and rivers of this beautiful country along with shipmates, Fletcher and Floyd.
Getting busier
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14th & 15th December
We’ve had a mixed couple of days, though much more good than bad. Yesterday,
we did one of our trips down to Poynton and both topped u...
Tea for timber
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For the last two years we've been disturbed by the bleeping construction
vehicles, chainsaws, radios, dust and "loss of visual amenity" as the house
next ...
One more tour of the breach, dear friends
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In Possible tours of collapsed canal, BBC Stoke & Staffordshire touts the
idea of the Leek breach as a tourist destination: Volunteers at Inland
Waterways ...
A DEDICATION
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I was watching Question Time on the BBC the other night that was broadcast
from Wootton Bassett a town who`s residents turn out and line the streets
when a...
Bentley Canal, Wednesfield Junction
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*Bentley Canal*
Wednesfiled Junction and the top three locks
December 2009
In spite of the extensive regeneration in the area, one feature of the old
Be...
Oh Dear - what a shame!
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We have no internet signal tonight so you will have to "possess your soul in
patience" until we do. I hope you do not miss us too much!
Normal service wi...
Gremlin in the works
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*3 Locks, 11.55 Miles. Now moored below bottom lock Braunston.*
Try as I might over the week-end the Mikuni central heating unit just
wouldn’t play ball....
A Christmas feeling aboard No Problem
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*Goldstone to Knighton, Shropshire Union Canal, 2.5 miles 0 locks*
Delicious Sunday lunch out at The Wharf Inn by the bridge at Goldstone. It
was a bit ...
Young Offenders
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Today in the freezing cold and the rain we left Hillmorton, stopped for
water and just as the tank filled up I could see a boat in the lock coming
down. Lo...
Narrowboat Balmaha – Foxton to Great Bowden
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*Sunday 6th to Sunday 13th December 2009 *
*Sunday 6th*
Rain before seven, fine by eleven, said V, and so it was.
Eddie and Sue came to see us for lunch ...
Shame but there you go
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As you can see my lovely control panel panel is coming apart at the seams.
This is bad news as you can imagine how much worse it is going to get if it
ge...
Another Dry Day In Llangollen
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*Ben Waiting For Me*
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*Dinas Bran *
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*Trevor Rocks*
Saturday morning and it's still dry so I decided to take Ben for a walk up
towards Sun Trevor even...
Al modeling and on the telly
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After a lonely night for both of us, Del got stuck into his song writing and
Al sorted some bits and pieces out at her Mum and Dad's. Del met Al at the
sta...
Fog on the Tyne Weaver
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What a contrast between yesterday and today! We cruised to Northwich in
beautiful sunshine yesterday morning, and came today back hardly able to see
where ...
A well deserved and popular win
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That's what we always say when someone wins a raffle. Anyway from your
comments I know at least two readers will be pleased that the winner of the
Herbie A...
Boat Blog: Housekeeping…
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No, not the usual fight against fluff on the floor, but those routine tasks
that need to be done to keep Indigo Dream legally afloat! Winter Moorings
Well,...
Moor and Peace on Test
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The January edition of *Canal Boat* is out, with a traditionally snowy
picture on the cover. Inside is my review of a ten-berth OwnerShips boat,
built as ...
Painting - sorted
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At last we have paid a deposit to have Waterlily painted next year. Having
had bad experiences of winter painting with our ownerships boat we want to
ensur...
Back at Bosley & a lovely surprise
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Pulled pins at 9.30 in the rain and headed down to the services at the top
of the Bosley flight. Joe & Graham in the boats and Lesley, the dogs and I
by ca...
Aquarius
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I don't usually pass up the opportunity of a free trip to Birmingham and
last Thursday was no exception, having been invited to a Network Rail
conference ...
Feeling Christmassy!
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After the stress of surviving Ofsted last week followed by the school
discos last night, this morning was a relatively lazy day. I had to pop in
to school...
A short journey to Alrewas
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Wednesday 2nd December
Another cold morning but at least it wasn't raining,we weren't in a hurry to
leave Fradley as we were only going to Alrewas. We m...
Charlie and Ellie
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Donna called round with Ellie to play. The two dogs really like each other
and Ellie has just finished her first season. Both Donna and I feel that
Charlie...
Fame at last!!….
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We have had a message from Paul on Waterway Routes to say that the new DVD
on the Caldon Canal has been released and we have a few moments of fame,
moore...
Stockton to Napton
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Fri 13 Nov
Last night as planned we went to The Boat to eat. They are offering a deal
of 2 courses for £5 Monday to Friday, we didn't partake of this but...
Blogged down
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Hello again, this is the first post for a couple of months but everything is
going well aboard Kestrel. Keeping a blog going obviously requires posting
reg...
End of the season for us
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*Tuesday 13th October*
So endeth another season on Petroc. We are both agreed that we have had a
good time this year, despite the weather earlier on.
Petr...
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