M Home for the Night.

 Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th July, 2023 at Moore.

Moored up in Runcorn opposite the Brindley Theatre, we woke up to lots of interesting wildlife including this very alert Heron who totally failed to catch his breakfast.

And a large family of very small ducklings.

Runcorn railway station is only ten minutes' walk away and has a two hour service direct into Euston station, so M decided to go home for one night to check on the house, pick up the post and - (says M) sigh in despair at the garden! R stayed behind to look after MM and spend some more time exploring the delights of Old Runcorn.

On Tuesday afternoon M returned to Runcorn and soon after we unmoored MM and turned her in the terminus by Waterloo bridge before heading back along the Runcorn arm. You can see how the canal is truncated at the bridge - such a shame.

Halfway back up the arm, we passed the Norton Priory where we had tried to moor but couldn't get a pin into the ground, so disappointngly had to abandon the idea.

Back on the Bridgewater main line, we found a very pleasant and quiet mooring at Moore, where we spent a very peaceful night.

M counted eight different varieties of wild flowers in the grass bank beside MM while she (M not MM) was happily podding peas.

 

Today: 7 miles, 0 locks and 5.0 hours (inc power).

Trip: 64 miles, 53 locks and 43.4 hours.