Autumn time on the cut

 

Trying to get out in the four seasons in day nature of yesterday here had its challenges such as gaint hailstones, strong winds, heavy rain followed by brilliant sunshine but we did manage it, strolling along the towpath where things are still pretty busy.

Navagating the canal network and planning your daily excursions needs some thought but fortunately there are things more like "Tube Maps" showing where the intersections are and major stopping off points.

Mind the ghost of the Harecastle Tunnel near here.

Yes Crewe is south of here and actually Nantwich is south of Stoke!

This nice little map shows in orange the route of the Trent and Mersey Canal as it goes around the North west Midlands and nearby canals such as the Caldon which in the nineteenth and earlier twentieth century were centres of industrial activity rather than being mainly residential villages in much the same way here we worked underground in coal and salt mines.