Moving on

After a fairly successful weekend trading at Middlewich with the added bonus of catching up with friends we haven't seen since last year today it was time to start the next leg of our journey.
We are heading south on the Trent and Mersey, our next market is at Stone on the last weekend of the month. So we have a fairly easy couple of weeks ahead of us. We are going to be travelling with Kit and Mike on Here Be Dragons, at least four other boats are making the same journey but everyone has their own travel plans.
After four days of getting up and setting up ready for business we didn't want to make an early start so after a leisurely leave taking of friends who were heading in other directions we topped up our watertank and made our way southwards.
The locks were fairly busy, not surprising as it is the school Easter holidays but the sun was shining and that made everything so much nicer. After a week in Middlewich we wanted a night in the country so we carried on past the salt works and Elton Moss then moored before we reached Wheelock.
Tomorrow we plan to reach Rode Heath where we may spend the weekend before going further south next week.

Today's journey 4.9 miles and 8 locks

This year we have travelled  70 miles, 76 locks and 3 tunnels

In 2014 we travelled 425 miles, 334 locks, 2 swing bridges,17 lift bridges and 23 tunnels

In 2013 we travelled 459.1 miles, 434 locks, 7 swing bridges, 15 lift bridges and 31 tunnels

In 2012 we travelled 876.9 miles, 675 locks,  55 swing bridges, 22 lift bridges and 31 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 3032.1 miles, 2605 locks, 120 swing bridges, 92 lift bridges and 128 tunnels