57 Saturday 27 February 2021 Chorley to Higher Wheelton

 With  the  weather  glorious, Simon  opted  to  return  to  the  Leeds  Liverpool  Canal.

We  stopped  at  a  little  cafe  on  the  edge  of  Horwich  to  get  some  takeaway  breakfast  then  parked  up  at  Botany  Bridge.

We  passed  Botany  Bay  Mill  which  looked  forlorn, When  we  saw  the  car  park  half  dug  up  I  realised  that  it  probably  wasn't  just  Covid  that  had  shut  the  place  down  and  that  turned  out  to  be  correct.



  I  pointed  out  the  Mormon  church  to  Simon.


The  scenery  became  rural  as  we  approached  the  first  locks  since  leaving  Wigan  at  Johnson's  Hillock.


We  had  a  short  stop  there.


We  came  to    Wheelton  boatyard.


Here  we  met  a  man  operating  a  drone   and  got  chatting. His  footage  can  be  found  here.


Further  on,  we  noted  some  horses  on  top  of  one  of  the  bridges.


We  called  it  a  day  below  Higher  Wheelton  where  a  sign  beckoned  us  to  the  Golden  Lion  which  was  doing  takeaways. We  had  lunch  there  then  caught  the  bus  back  to  Chorley.




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