The maccie opened in 1831 and is 27 miles long and once the locks at Bosley have been negotiated you are on one of the highest navigable lengths at 518` above sea level. It`s route was planned by Telford and built by Wm. Crosley as a short cut from Manchester to London but gave good service to the mills and mines along it`s route.
All the bridges are of stone rather than the more common brick construction and the aqueducts, cuttings and embankments plus not forgetting the six snake/turnover bridges all come together for a very enjoyable cruise.
The picture below borrowed from the wonderful site of Pennine Waterways shows the
vehicles stranded and the towpath blocked for all except the local rock climbing club.

Just past the collapsed wall rounding a bend and the magnificent Hovis Mill comes into view. Built in 1820 now converted to flats with a 4th floor 2 bedroom fetching around £125K.
Flour was milled here until 1904 before being transferred to Manchester. On the lower level can be seen the arch that allowed boats to enter for loading/un-loading.
Having passed through Macclesfield and seen the limited moorings i`m glad i decided to stop at Oakgrove Bdge 49 and get the half hourly bus into the town, the bus stop is next to the electric swingbridge.
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Hi Les, Mark Haverland here. I follow your blog a lot. Thanks for the great pictures and videos. I also follow "TEN BOB NOTE" as well as a few others. Do you know what has happened to "TEN BOB NOTE"? His site returns a "404 not found"
error notice. He is currently a solo traveler as you are. Should I worry?
Edited by Les to remove contact address.
Hi Mark
Have e mailed you but for the benifit of other readers "Ten Bob Note" is fine but is not blogging at the moment.
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