We spent most of our time on the boat, but not all of our time. We stopped at canal-front pubs for many of our meals, and to let the kids get some of their energy out of their system.
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| Pretending to be land-lubbers |
We found a few parks and took a few walks — far away from the canal-edge that was all too easy to topple into — and all in all, had a lot of fun.
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| Gwen, Alison, and Alex (Photo Credit: Ihde Family) |
One of the places we stopped was at an old, but still working, massive boat lock. We had debated using this boat lock and going down a different canal, but we were SO glad we didn't. We spent well over a half an hour watching the boat being lowered from the higher canal, and I don't know if it even moved five feet in all that time. We would have probably spent half the day waiting for our turn, then another two hours being lowered - no thank you! It is much more fun cruising down the canal at 3MPH than waiting in a queue!
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| Historic boat lock |
The Cheshire Ring is in red on the map below. We only did a small sliver of the ring, going in one direction for a day and a half, turning around and going right back for a day and a half. We are already talking about going again next year. I can't wait!
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| Cheshire Ring |
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