No, we haven't joined some of the rather dubious characters in my family tree and headed for Australia, this is Botany Bay Lancashire. It is a bit of a misnomer, not very botanical and no bay. Botany Bay is an old mill converted into a shopping centre, the sort that has lots of small units a bit like market stalls. It's not very interesting unless you are looking for slightly unusual gifts. It does have a nice range of beers, some of which I don't recognise, I might go back for some.
Now we are on the Leeds and Liverpool there isn't much traffic, we only saw five boats on the move yesterday. We had a brief stop to go to the CoOp at Adlington for bread and milk then carried on to Botany Bay. We arrived here yesterday afternoon and will probably spend the day here then head up Johnson's Hill Locks tomorrow. It was raining heavily overnight and first thing this morning and it looks as if the rest of the day will be similar.
73 miles from Rodley, on the outskirts of Leeds, easy if it wasn't for all the swing bridges and locks.
Yesterday's journey 7.5 miles
So far this year we have travelled 332.7 miles, 197 locks, 5 swing bridges, 1 lift bridge and 9 tunnels
In 2011 we travelled 461.4 miles, 444 locks, 3 swing bridges, 34 lift bridges and 15 tunnels
During 2010 we travelled 740.3 miles, 642 locks, 53 swing bridges, 4 lift bridges and 25 tunnels
Since Ray retired we have travelled 1534.4 miles, 1283 locks, 61 swing bridges, 39 lift bridges and 49 tunnels
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