Tuesday 23 July 2013

Peak Forest to Macclesfield

Early ish start today at 10am to get up the Peak Forest and onto the Macclesfield to do the 16 locks at Marple, nick did the first 4 lock's then said he was knackered cus of yesterday;s 27 so he drove and me and chris did the locking upto lock 7 then who do we see from the bridge? that kevin bloke again i think he's stalking us lol, so now we had 3 on the lock's which should have made life easier except chris decided to help the single hander going up in front of us, but me and kev coped well enough without him, so a big thank you to kev for being there with us what a great guy  xxx

Under the M56






















Woodley Tunnel
inside woodley

Bridge inside a Bridge
Hyde Bank Tunnel
it was LOW
Tunnel without a roof






















going through was weird






















Viaduct looking from the Aqueduct
100 foot high Aqueduct























A little history on the Aqueduct
entering lock one





inside the lock

low pound
from above
Railway line runs under canal

Tunnel under canal
Looking down the locks
Marple Junction






















                                                        14 Miles and 16 Locks

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