Pup Obi Travels

Another wet walk with the out walkers, but ha, it’s Britain, its rains here. So wrap up and we headed off along Barnton Cut towards Winnington.  Following the course of the river Weaver and then walking back along the Trent and Mersey Canal.

So we started at The Leigh Arms pub which stands to one of the swing bridges which cross the river Weaver.  The two main ones after this one are in Northwich which like Warringtons swing bridges, once activated all traffic stops.  The river weaver to be fair does not have much water traffic beyond barges these days.

The route took use along the river weaver till we came to Wallerscote Island, part of ICI, and was a soda works factory. The area of Winnington is up for development. We passed the works and walked up to Anderson Boatlift where we had our lunch. Here we would return back to The Leigh Arms, but changing our route from the river to the canal. The Trent and Mersey Canal.

The canal runs somewhere distance and passes Northwich to the north of the town, circling Marbury Country Park.  Here in the picture is the Barnton Tunnels where the canal continues, but our route means we have to crosses over the tunnel to rejoin the canal on the other side. Two tunnels in fact reside in Barnton. Neither can be walked through, we have to use the former packhorse routes the barge horses would have used when the canal was actively used.

Of course several bridges cross over the canal, some carrying original roads, some pathways, access routes to farms, fields.

The reason along the Trent and Mersey canal was actually rather pretty. Despite the train and overcast good, the area is really nice to walk. The full photos are on the link at the top of the post. We all enjoyed the walk despite the weather. Inner of those ferries of reasoning in Britain, rain. Won’t be the first or last walk that has rain on it I am sure.