We pulled pins at 0830 and continued towards Liverpool. As soon as we were through Scarisbrick Bridge we saw what the building site was: Scarisbrick Marina. The previous day all I saw were the tops of piles for some massive structure, but they were actually the steel uprights for securing pontoons.
According to BW assisted passage through to Liverpool begins at Bell's Swing Bridge 16, so we headed for the winding hole before it, at Dicconson's Bridge 17, Lydiate, tying up at 1100. Bought milk and newspaper. Coffee time!
the Running Horses have run away
Bell's Swing Bridge 16
I went to investigate the swing bridge, and found it just needed the usual BW key. A boater told me that it was perfectly possible to proceed - indeed, he often did himself - without BW's assistance. So we did. We weren't cruising during peak (road) traffic hours, so we didn't cause any serious holdups on the many swing bridges on this section. We stopped at Melling Stone Bridge 11 and had lunch at the Bootle Arms in Melling. My steak was overdone. Must remember to ask for "rare" in future. Jan's lamb was good. And the beer was good too.
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