Trent & Mersey Canal - Middlewich to Anderton (time lapse)
From Middlewich the Trent and Mersey Canal (Mail Line -- Middlewich to Preston Brook) follows the River Dane valley for a little under ten miles to Anderton where the Boat Lift provides access to the River Weaver.
This section provides contrasts between rural Cheshire and the chemical works that dominate around Northwich. The curiously wide parts of the canal, called Flashes, are formed by flooding of subsidence caused by the salt mines.
Yet again our intrepid helmsman "Blind Hannibal MacSlackbladder" shows off his highly developed steering skills and just north of Wincham Wharf decides not to steer around the bend ramming a tree at full steam ahead instead. A superwoman like single bound from the good lady wife rescued the camera from an early watery grave, a reprieve that lasted all of 24 hours until it met its nemesis at Castlefield Junction next day.
