Not Very Far But It's New Water For Use All.

We left Boothstown mid morning with the sun trying to creep through the clouds. We made are way along to Astley where there is Colliery Museum that I wanted to have a look round.
The museum has the only surviving engine house with a  3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine and its massive.

You can see the Winding Gear Drum

One Half of the twin Engine

Engine Room & Headgear

A nice old chap called Allen told me loads of facts about the site, and that he and his father and his grandfather had worked in the mine over the years. Unfortunately I did not get a photo of him.

The Cutting Gear.

Wednesday morning we woke to heavy rain but by 10.00 it had almost stopped, as I was getting Tacet ready to head off this weed cutter came into sight. A funny looking bit of kit. It has a cutting edge and conveyor belt that lifts the weeds in to its hopper.

Weed cutter at work.

                                                                                                               Although the rain had stopped the wind was blowing a gale
We made our way to Leigh and have moored by a very nice Pub which will have some decent beer in it as it's owned by Greene King from Bury St Edmunds.

Waterside Inn.

Time Travelled Tuesday 1.5 Hrs Distance 2.5 Miles

Time Travelled Wednesday 2.5 Hrs Distance 4 Miles 

Total Distance Travelled is 402.5. Miles 

75 Locks (Broad) 197 single locks and 17 tunnel's, 1 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 9097 yards   

Total Time 239 hours  

AND WE OUR LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT