We walked east past another set of locks and joined a basin where the Macclesfield Canal joined the Trent and Mersey from the right.
Note the orange colour of the water. Ten minutes further on and we were at the highlight of our day, the Harecastle Tunnel. Boats were queueing to go through.
We had no boat so we headed for Boathorse Road the path on which they took the draught horses as they couldn't go through the tunnel. We were warned the path would take us through gipsy/traveller camp and advised against the road. In the event a home owner in Boathorse Road put us onto an approved alternative via Bathpool Park. It was largely rural. We had to ask the way a few times. There was no sineage. When we got to the southern portal we found a map on display board.
We then headed on to our accommodation for the day, The George Hotel, Burslem passing Wesport Lake, on our right. Just before our turn off to Burslem we passed a beautiful old bottle kiln. At 20.5 km the day was a bit too long for the warm and humid conditions
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