Weavering

We left the Weaver Navigation yesterday morning, it is a lovely river with some lovely countryside,  interesting industrial areas and pretty towns. The salt and chemical works are a reminder of why it was important to make this natural river navigable way back in the 1700's.
As usual there are many photos that haven't made it onto the blog, so here are a selection from our week on the Weaver.


working narrow boats

 Lock-keeper Keith operating the paddles at Hunt's lock - all the locks are manned.

quadrant gear on the gates

Ladder in the lock wall

under the swing bridges

Yarwoods boat yard, just a small marina is all that is left of this old boat building site.

some of the old river barges

Boats being loaded on the river section at Frodsham

Saltersford lock cottages

Northwich boat festival

Dutton viaduct

paddles at Dutton lock

railway type signals to show which lock is in operation for oncoming boats- not used now.

paddle gear

Acton Swing Bridge, iconic Weaver black and white swing bridges.

Sunday - Friday, 40 miles, 8 locks, and the boat lift.