Romiley to Bridge 22 on the Upper Peak Forest Canal.

Moving on through the sixteen locks of the Marple Flight, found us being lifted 214ft and making us 500ft above sea level..............strange being in a boat this high up.

This collection of real oldies was outside of the museum at the Dunkinfield junction, they look like they have been there a while and if they are being restored I couldn't see any signs of work.



Along the canal we crossed another aqueduct with a railway viaduct looking down on us. The canal is 100ft above the river making that railway a long way up indeed. I have more pictures of this aqueduct which I will post when they are sorted out.





Now we start into the meat of this canal, each lock averages a thirteen foot rise but when the scenery is this good nobody minds. The people in this picture are a hire crew who have set themselves a target of places they must get to, but to do this they are having to cruise for ten to eleven hours a day!!
That doesn't seem much of a holiday to me and is not really the idea of having a narrowboat, each to their own I suppose.



The locks here are nothing short of spectacular when D opens the gate paddles, the sense of being in a washing machine is quite strong.






Hows this for a mooring? we were along the Upper Peak Forest here stopping early just for the view.




This was the other side of the canal.
Moving on from here we went right to the end basin but the description in the books of how nice it is up there seems to have been slightly exaggerated so we turned around and came back to the view.


We should be moving on to the Macclesfield tomorrow so until then...................