5thJuly'12

Had to write yesterday's on computer and still no Internet. Reset phone but still no hotspot. Very frustrated. Anyway we are now back on the Trent and Maersey. We stayed at Congleton last night and met the people at the pub we stayed at. Very nice to be remembered. We left earlyish today and amidst beautiful sunshine we came through Harecastle Tunnel (well it wasn't sunny in the tunnel you understand) and amazingly the light stayed on throughout. We are now moored at Westport Lake and it's beautiful. Lovely to have a good mooring, excellent towpath and no shallow bottom, tipping us on our side. Macclesfield had its good bits but boy did it have it's detractions. Paddy enjoyed his walk around the lake here, he went in the shallows and laid down! Hot dog. We have been told that the forecast for tomorrow is horrific, sowe may stay. We are well on track to get back before we have to so a day or two won't matter. The next bit takes us through Stoke so I'd rather it wasn't too wet!