Watt Knot Travels
Leaving the Macclesfield canal we visited a couple of National Trust properties. Lyme Park was really appealing as spring has awakened the flowers & the blossoms in the gardens. This was "Pemberley" in the BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.
Old & quirky won my heart in Little Morton Hall. When the Trust acquired this property in 1938, it was untouched by modernisation which is a rarity. This is how it looked in Tudor times, and it had a moat to boot! Nice day for afternoon tea in the gardens.
We had the pleasure of joining the locals (Human-Nature Escapes CIC) on a walk through the bluebell woods. They are looking into buying a narrowboat as part of their vision & came to see our boat.
We felt invigorated by the walk & enthused to continue by paying our respects to James Brindley, pioneer canal engineer. I hope he appreciated that we walked 9km to see his grave. The church had to be at the top of a hill didn't it. "Are we there yet?"
Finished the week passing through the Harecastle Tunnel. Our longest yet at 2.6km which took 42mins to complete.
Total Lock Count
247
Sights/Activities
Lyme Park
Little Moreton Hall
Karen Warren
44 chapters
15 Apr 2020
Week 38 - Farewell to the Mac
April 13, 2019
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Stoke-On-Trent
Leaving the Macclesfield canal we visited a couple of National Trust properties. Lyme Park was really appealing as spring has awakened the flowers & the blossoms in the gardens. This was "Pemberley" in the BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.
Old & quirky won my heart in Little Morton Hall. When the Trust acquired this property in 1938, it was untouched by modernisation which is a rarity. This is how it looked in Tudor times, and it had a moat to boot! Nice day for afternoon tea in the gardens.
We had the pleasure of joining the locals (Human-Nature Escapes CIC) on a walk through the bluebell woods. They are looking into buying a narrowboat as part of their vision & came to see our boat.
We felt invigorated by the walk & enthused to continue by paying our respects to James Brindley, pioneer canal engineer. I hope he appreciated that we walked 9km to see his grave. The church had to be at the top of a hill didn't it. "Are we there yet?"
Finished the week passing through the Harecastle Tunnel. Our longest yet at 2.6km which took 42mins to complete.
Total Lock Count
247
Sights/Activities
Lyme Park
Little Moreton Hall
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Week 8 - Ready, Set, Go!
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Week 9 - Thar She Blows!
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Week 10 - SOS, Stuck in Lock 5
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Week 11 - Don't Look Down
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Week 12 - Blowin' in the Wind
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Week 13 - Abandoned Boat
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Week 14 - Dilemna
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Week 15 - A Night at the Museum
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Week 16 - Cow Whisperer
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Week 17 - In Lockdown
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Week 18 - Country Life
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Week 19 - We Made the News
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Week 20 - What a Star!
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Week 21 - Uninvited Guest
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Week 22 - Christmas Escape
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Week 23 - Otter Delight
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Week 24 - London Calling
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Week 25 - Mission Possible
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Week 26 - Cool Birthday
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Week 27 - That White Stuff
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Week 28 - Frozen
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Week 29 - DRS ABCD
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Week 30 - How did we get here?
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Week 31 - Captains Mate
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Week 32- We Have a Secret!
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Week 33 - Escape from Stalag 13
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Week 34 - Plans Scuttled
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Week 35 - About Face
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Week 36 - Picking Up Strangers
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Week 37 - Peak View
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Week 38 - Farewell to the Mac
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Week 39 - Pottering Around
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Week 40 - Murder on the Cut
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Week 41 - Screws Loose
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Week 42 - Sent to Coventry
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Week 43 - Mammoth Monday
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Week 44 - Crick Part 1 My Favourite Numpty
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Week 45 - Crick Part 2 Living the Dream with Ortomarine
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Week 46 - Stuck on You
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Week 47 - Stairway to Heaven
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Week 48 - Tudor Times
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Week 49 - The Avon Express
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Week 50 - I'm a Tradie
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