A little further south we reached Mossley and walked up to the town to buy
Lunch. On the way up the hill I got this view back to Saddleworth Moor. Note the black areas due to the recent fires.
A little further on we reached Stalybridge, but sadly had no time to investgate it. There were few locks in Stalybridge as the canal gradually descended, and the lower sides of the locks seemed to contain much more rubbish than the upper. The canal also passed in an aqueduct over another river, possibly the Tame? The canal was very, very narrow at this point.
The region around the canal became more industrial, and a less pleasant area to walk in, as we approached our turn off in Dunkinfield. There was even a small boat that had sunk at its mooring. The final couple of 100 metres consisted of 3 short tunnels. As the light came in from both ends one didn't get the wierd 'up hill effect.' We arrived at our B&B, Barton Villa at about 4pm having walked 18.3km.
Lunch. On the way up the hill I got this view back to Saddleworth Moor. Note the black areas due to the recent fires.
A bit further south we saw this yellow warning sign. We were about to enter the SCOUT tunnel. It was 188 metres long. At first it was OK with the light behind you, but eventually you couldn't see your feet. You just had to hold the hand rail and press on. After the middle, when the main source of light was from the front it felt as if one were walking up hill! Really weird. Both Shiel and I had exactly the same experience.
The region around the canal became more industrial, and a less pleasant area to walk in, as we approached our turn off in Dunkinfield. There was even a small boat that had sunk at its mooring. The final couple of 100 metres consisted of 3 short tunnels. As the light came in from both ends one didn't get the wierd 'up hill effect.' We arrived at our B&B, Barton Villa at about 4pm having walked 18.3km.
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