Our original plan had been go up the Rochdale 9, then up the Ashton flight, and then go onto the Macclesfield Canal - but the weather forecast put us off. So instead we headed back along the Bridgewater Canal, through the outskirts of Manchester and the suburbs of Sale and Altrincham. The advice has always been to cruise through Sale and Altricham, don't stop. Some people do choose to moor along this stretch . . . some I think forget they have left their boats here.
But after a few miles, the Bridgewater leaves the industrial past behind and into the countryside.
In the distance is Dunham Massey Hall, now owned by the National Trust, which dates back to 1616.
Before we reached Lymn, then Stockton Heath and the end of the Bridgewater Canal and the start of the Trent & Mersey Canal, and went through to Anderton (Northwich) where we took a few days off.
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