Coffee Shops, Rowers and a Cold Wind.

 Sunday 27th August 2023 in Lymm.

After breakfast, we walked the huge distance (5 yards!) into "Kickback Coffee" for a proper cup of coffee. We had moored MM overnight tied to the railings alongside the canal (not these railings) but neglected to take a photograph.

M says that this has become R's favourite coffee shop and our welcome from Harvey and Toby was as cheerful as ever. They are both local lads and Toby comes from Lymm, our next stop heading south.

The coffee shop is part of a coffee roasters and one of several outlets, all of which take coffee VERY seriously and are experts at what they do. The parent company was running a sponsored bicycle ride today in the Derbyshire Dales as advertised on the wall.

This gentleman cyclist was not taking part, not least because it was a long way away, but M loved his T-shirt and he very cheerfully posed for a photograph. What a good sport!

We set off wishing everyone well and vowing to return next year on our way up north.

As we approached Sale, we were passed by a number of rowers who must have been very dedicated as it had been raining heavily all morning up to that point and they looked cold and wet.

Luckily for us, the rain held off and we were greeted by this group on this bridge just before Lymm.

Lymm is a lovely town with excellent moorings, nice shops and bakeries and, on the left, one of M's favourite houses.

As we had been cruising for a couple of hours into the teeth of a very cold wind, we rewarded ourseleves with lunch in the town at yet another lovely café we have found. Rain and cold winds, a typical Bank Holiday weekend.

M had spruced up MM's flower troughs and R took the opportunity to repaint the well deck, which had developed some rust spots. So, a good day!

Today: 6 miles, 0 locks and 2.1 hours.

Trip: 192 miles, 80 locks and 99.9 hours.