Wednesday 15th June 2022
A late start for a short run today – Shopping to do (we hope) and then good mobile coverage needed for tonight’s blood bike controlling duty.
We had a very pleasant cruise through Sale and Stretford to Waters Meeting where we turned left towards Wigan rather than our usual right towards Manchester centre.
Brenda was disappointed when we passed the Kellogg's factory, soon after the junction, as there was not a whiff of freshly toasted cereal as we have experienced before.
We moored up at the entrance to the Trafford centre, had lunch and then went in search of trainers. As we approached an information point, we thought “get a map as the floors are so vast” It turns out that Sports Direct, from whom Graham wanted to get his trainers, is in the Trafford retail park and not the centre. Too far to walk so we gave up and returned to Jannock. Overheard at the exit to the Trafford centre – an Australian accent declaring “I didn’t know that a shopping centre could be so beautiful”
We then passed over the Barton swing aqueduct and continued on to Worsley where we moored for the night before the centre. Coverage checked and pins banged in to make it permanent for the night.
We have been very happy to find very very little rubbish in the Bridgewater canal so far.We’re sure its due to the efforts of many volunteer litter pickers.
G&B
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