Aren’t they sweet,
Our journey from Middlewich took us through Cheshire’s salt heritage, a merry mix of beautiful countryside and gentle cruising,
I think this swan wanted to see us off his aqueduct over the river Dane
Although when we saw those black clouds rising we made straight for the next available mooring
We still got drenched in the minutes it took us to stop and tie up.
It didn’t last long but we didn’t trust the clearing sky
It didn’t look that much clearer when we reached the Tata Chemical factory at Northwich, although some of that is steam not cloud
The site now includes the UKs largest carbon capture plant recycling 40,000 tonnes of CO2 opened in 2022, I wonder if they will need a new bridge symbol
It’s not that much further on to the Anderton nature park, one of our favourite moorings
We didn’t decend the Anderton Boat lift this time
But descended on foot and walked into Northwich along the River Weaver,
Last time we were here Firecrest’s generator had suffered a catastrophic malfunction and due to a number of reasons we ended up stranded in Northwich Marina for 8 weeks, (lovely marina though) and missed out on exploring the river. But Northwich has several millenia of providing salt for the country so we thought it only right to enjoy a bowl of salty popcorn
And a little more sweetness
