Leeds and Liverpool Canal:Bridge 10

The day started with sunshine and shirtsleeves, but this didn't last long and by the time we moored at lunchtime it was thick jumper and the padded jacket mainly because of the strong wind, shivering in the cold.  We intended to let the fire die, but had to resuscitate it.   Really just a straight cruise with several long lengths of moored boats on permanent moorings.  Through the rock cutting where construction of the canal started in 1770.   Then at Maghull we had a clutch of swing bridges, all types, hand worked, key with flashing lights and automatic barriers but hand turned, manual gates and one allsinging and dancing but undergoing maintenance.   Letting us through became part of the maintenance.  Bridge 10 is a suitable overnight waiting spot for our reporting point at 9:30 tomorrow where we are met and escorted through two very busy (road traffic) swing bridges.