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Cruise to Bollington and a Walk up to White Nancy

Posted on September 13, 2019January 27, 2021 by Steph

Sunday 8th September

Today we cruise to Bollington.  We have really enjoyed our stay in Macclesfield on the visitor pontoon, but as today is lovely and sunny, we are moving on.  The weather forecast for the next day or two is not good, so we will hunker down and get the fire lit.

The scenery along this canal continues to be absolutely beautiful.  Almost as soon as we left our mooring and went under the next bridge it was like we were nowhere near the town!

Narrowboat Hang Loose travelling under a canal bridge

Everyday we still have to pinch ourselves that we are so lucky to have this wonderful life, full of lovely new adventures every day.

Narrowboat on the macclesfield canal about to go under a bridge
A heron in the Macclesfield Canal
Close up of a man driving a narrowboat
Narrowboat going past a mill
The photo is the Adelphi Mill, which was once a silk mill.  It is now converted to offices.

The canal is lined with trees and passes through lovely countryside with views of hills all around.

View of countryside from Narrowboat Hang Loose

We were lucky to find another fabulous mooring on the Bollington Aqueduct.

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Clarence Mill at Bollington
Clarence Mill – once a textile mill. Now converted into small manufacturing units
view from narrowboat at Bollington
Can you see White Nancy at the top of the hill
Can you see White Nancy at the top of the hill

The White Nancy monument was erected by the Gaskell family in the 19th century to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.  Apparently, the son was in the Battle of Waterloo and the monument would enable him to always find his way home.  I’m not sure if this is true, but that’s what we were told by a couple of locals.

As we had a little wander up the canal, I bought a bracelet and lovely book mark from a trading canal boat.  We then went to The Vale Inn and sat outside in the sunshine and watched cricket.  Well, Paul watched the cricket!  The Vale Inn is a great pub, with a good selection of real ale and the food looked delicious.

Cricket game at Bollington
Cricket game outside the pub
two pints of beer
Entertaining myself while Paul watches cricket!
Man at top of stairs at Bollington
On our way back to Hang Loose for Paul to cook my sunday dinner
Aqueduct
Bollington Aqueduct – we are moored up there

Walk Up to White Nancy

Tuesday afternoon was lovely and sunny so we decided to walk up to White Nancy.  It was a 3 mile walk in total and we really enjoyed it. Paul took his drone up and got some great footage – one day he might even put it on u-tube!  Here’s my tiny little snippet of our walk!

This was a much easier walk than climbing up the Cloud, but still had amazing views from the top.

White Nancy monument
View of countryside from White Nancy
Woodland walk just past White Nancy
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view of Countryside from White Nancy
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White Nancy and the spectacular views from up there - you can just see Hang Loose in the middle of the picture
White Nancy and the spectacular views from up there – you can just see Hang Loose in the middle of the picture

I think that tomorrow we will be moving on again.  Chan’s coming on Friday with Winnie and we are hoping to get a mooring at Bugsworth Basin on the Peak Forest Canal.

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4 thoughts on “Cruise to Bollington and a Walk up to White Nancy”

  1. Melinda says:
    September 15, 2019 at 11:51 am

    Very beautiful and educational! Love that there is a video added and some historical background! Nice pictures.

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    1. Steph says:
      September 15, 2019 at 1:10 pm

      Thank you so much ??

      Reply
  2. Tinuke says:
    September 15, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    What a wonderful way to live your life, not tied down to any one place, exploring the country from your narrow boat. I love it!

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    1. Steph says:
      September 15, 2019 at 7:27 pm

      We are so lucky – it’s such a relaxed and fantastic way of life – thanks for your lively comment xx

      Reply

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