Brill those Tony, it's a good job there were 2 of us as I didn't get some of those

Now we are on the other side of the bridge. These apartments are in Runcorn and up ahead the swing bridge is opening for us.



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Fiddlers Ferry power station. Remember that coal earlier being discharged from the vessel 'Clyde', well that was heading to here.



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The swing bridge now fully open.



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Leaving the power station behind.



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Another high level bridge is cleared.



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Entering Latchford high level locks.



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Obviously because land levels fluctuate and canals are flat and cannot run uphill or downhill, Lock systems are inevitably going to be along its route. Notice the water level when entering Latchford Lock and see the waterstaining mark on the inside of the lock walls where the water level rises to then look at the level when we leave. You could feel the ferry rising. It's amazing how this ancient technology has stood the test of time and is still used today.



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Canalside housing. There was a little estate of bungalows along the way, residents coming out to wave, apparently they never let our blue badge guide down. Then there was a row of houses whose back gardens went right down to the swell which almost went over the top of the small wall, i'm sure it must if a tanker came down or two vessels past each other at that point. Here's another little estate at Warrington.



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Everyone will have heard of this if they listen to the traffic and travel on the radio. It's the Thelwall Viaduct on the M6, something i've been across more times than I care to remember, but never under it until now. Notice the two separate carriageways.



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The River Mersey starts at Stockport, meandering down through Warrington on its way and enters the ship canal via a weir which we'll see later. It stays in the canal for a short while then leaves at this point here as you can see. Bye bye Mersey and we haven't even had your pleasure yet as we're only now going to meet you again.



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Well as we hit the good old Mersey (in the canal), the sun came out so we got these silhouettes of ourselves.






More canalside industry.



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A disused and capped off railway bridge at Warburton.



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Peel Ports operate a container shuttle service at this point on the canal. A vessel called the Daisy Doardo (2nd pic) pushes the barge structure down the canal.



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The last leg of the journey to follow.





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