Down to the River Weaver

The weather was kind to us, not blazing sun, but most importantly - no rain and no wind.  With a drop of 50 foot, being on the Anderton Boat Lift in the wind is an unpleasant experience.  But our decent was unproblematic.  Originally built in 1875, and fully restored, the lift re-opened in 2002 - it is one of the waterways major attractions.  Rather than boring you with a history lesson - if you want to read more about the lift go to these 2 web pages.

http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderton_Boat_Lift

Boats travel up and down in large iron cassons - which can take 2 narrowboats each.  We shared our trip down with a pleasant couple who usually moor at Runcorn and have been boating for many years.

The above picture is of the boat we came down the lift with leaving the lift. After leaving the lift, they cruised off to Northwich, whilst we went in the opposite direction towards Fordsham.  We didn't want to cruise far as we would need to turn around and go to Northwich to be there by Saturday morning in order to come out of the water.  We found a quiet mooring called Barnton Cut Mooring - although Barnton seems many miles away.  She won't be getting off the boat whilst its out of the water, so our choice of mooring was really based on giving her a few hours outdoors time.  There are a few trees here - which had to be investigated by Tonni

Given the chance she would have probably climbed that tree and tied herself and lead up in the branches - for a 10 year old cat she still acts like a kitten.