Second and final day here. Chance to restock at the Sainsbury’s Local, visit the Brewery tap (yes, a real micro brewery!), do some boat chores and relax.
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Could that be the picture of the trip? Well, the sun did come out and the panels started to feed charge back into the batteries. A slow start, probably due to the spag bog last night preceded by G&T, garlic bread and artichoke tapas and a whole bottle of Chianti Riserva! There was a market in town plus extras to buy that were too heavy yesterday.
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Lymm is a pretty town with many places to eat (fish n chip, Indian, Chinese, Mediterranean, Turkish …) plus a chance find of the Brewery Tap
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The Porter and Summer Meadow were excellent.
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Plenty of shops, including an excellent butchers (Steve insisted on standing by this sign, it’s not true, he’s not local)
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The central cross, dedicated to Queen Victoria, had some interesting sun dials
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Tomorrow, it’s off to Stretford Marina via Sale. Then we have a whole day to iron the Red Carpet for the visit of David Thomas and then Sunday, off to Liverpool!
And in the afternoon we walked the dog down to a brook below the canal, where there was an ancient mill that used to split iron and make nails! Fascinating and we then followed the path up to the dam – didn’t know there was one! Through the dingle and then a walk around the whole lake – great walking and great for a Toby swim too
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See that church – it’s got gargoyles . .
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And here’s two more on the Wishing Bridge
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A very wet dog but also a very happy one!
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Rain’s coming, again but tomorrow looks OK. Back to the Brewery tap …