A lovely bank of poppies and other flowers...

...yes, we're nearing the Gay Village!

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Day 70 - a long hard slog to outskirts of Hyde.

July 24th 2013
27 locks, 333 in total. From Castlefield Basin we briefly joined the Rochdale Canal, then turned right at Ducie Basin onto the Ashton and finally right again onto the Peak Forest Canal, heading southwards now on our return journey. The Rochdale 9, apparently only called that by boaters who haven't done the other 83 locks! The canal links Lancsashire and York ... read more

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