Heading south

I'm not usually a motorway person, but to make serious progress there is no choice . We got caught in a traffic jam about Liverpool so took advantage of it by visiting nearby Tatton park. We love these huge english manors and being national trust members gets us in for free. Spent the rest of the day there and stayed in a nearby travel lodge that night.

   This was no coincidence as I really wanted to see the newly restored Anderton lift. This ingenious lift took boats from the river weaver, 25 meters up to the Trent and Mersey canal. 

   As they had wifi on I thought sister Raewyn might like to be woken to watch a boat descend on it.

    She was thrilled!! 

  What wasn't so good was being in a traffic jam on the M6 the next day for 2 HOURS !