Bollington Saturday 12th September
There is no such thing as a free lunch. We gathered a large amount of sloes from two bushes close to Bosley locks; as we are partial to the odd slug of sloe gin, we now have an ample sufficiency of the free part of the mix. Now it was time to pay our money and look big by purchasing the expensive part, namely the gin.
There is so much variation in the sloes themselves, that over the years we have found that it matters not if the gin is of good quality, nor even of 40 % proof. We have used Tesco cheapo at £7.44 per bottle and we know that come Christmas or soon after, the sloe gin will be good, possibly even excellent.
Moving out of Macclesfield, we encountered more oncoming boats than for a good few days; we had a pleasant journey with wonderful views to the hills, we moored at Bollington, just next to Bollington aqueduct. A stroll around Bollington stretched a bit and we found ourselves close to The Nab, at 935 feet is the highest point around. We followed a path back to the canal and chatted to people on the boats moored in front of us.
2009 Totals: 499 Locks – 901.5 miles – 35 Bus pass uses.
