Cruise 18.
Baswich - Northwich.
August 5th - 12th.
64 Miles, 60 Locks.
Canals - Staffs & Worcs, Trent & Mersey, Weaver.
Station - Stafford .
Leaving Baswich we will cruise to Tixall Wide, a beautiful place to watch birdlife and nature. At Great Heywood Junction we will turn onto the Trent and Mersey canal and cruising northwards. We will go through Harecastle tunnel and then descend Heartbreak Hill to Middlewich. At Anderton we will descend the fantastic Anderton boat lift, surely one of the wonders of the waterways and a great feat of engineering. The cruise will end at Northwich.

Cruise 19.
Northwich- Bilsborrow.
 August 12th - 19th.
83 Miles, 25 Locks.
Canals-Weaver, T & M, Bridgewater, Douglas, Ribble, Lancaster.
Station - Northwich.
We will cruise the lovely river Weaver navigation before ascending the Anderton Lift, to join the Trent & Mersey we will then cruise through 3 tunnels before joining the Bridgewater canal at Preston Brook. We will cruise through Worsley to Leigh before joining the Leeds & Liverpool canal.
Leaving Wigan we cruise westwards towards Burscough, turning at the junction to descend the Rufford Arm to Tarleton. We will then cross the tidal rivers Douglas and Ribble, turning into the Millennium Ribble Link to join the Lancaster canal at Preston. The cruise will end at Bilsborrow.

This cruise is subject to tide times and might be amended if necessary.

Cruise 20.
Bilsborrow -Lancaster .
August 19th - 26th.
72 Miles, 12 Locks.
Canals - Lancaster .
Station - Preston.
The entire length of the canal will be explored, including Glasson Dock, with time to visit the beautiful cities of Lancaster and Preston, the market town of Garstang and the beautiful rural stretches in between.

Cruise 21.
Lancaster - Liverpool.
August 26th - September 2nd.
83 Miles, 22 Locks.
Canals - Lancaster, Ribble, Douglas, Leeds & Liverpool.
Station - Lancaster.
We will explore the Lancaster canal before crossing the tidal waterways back to Tarleton. We will then ascend the Rufford branch locks to rejoin the Leeds & Liverpool canal at Burscough, we will cruise through west Lancashire and Merseyside. The new Liverpool link is expected to be open and we hope to cruise through the docklands of Liverpool.

Cruise 23.
Whaley Bridge- Stoke on Trent. (5 nights).
September 11th - 16th.
39 Miles, 13 Locks.
Canals- Peak Forest, Macclesfield, Trent & Mersey.
Station - Whaley Bridge .
There will be time to explore Bugsworth basin before cruising to Marple, there we will turn on to the Macclesfield canal, always a pleasure to explore this waterway. We will pass through Macclesfield and Congleton, to Hardings Wood junction where we will turn onto the Trent and Mersey canal. A cruise through the atmospheric Harecastle tunnel takes us to Stoke on Trent where this cruise will conclude.

Cruise 24.
Stoke - Stafford.
September 16th - 23rd.
64 Miles, 50 Locks.
Canals - Trent & Mersey, Caldon, Staffs & Worcs.
Station -Stoke on Trent.
Leaving Stoke we will cruise to Etruria Junction to join the beautiful Caldon canal, we will cruise to Leek and also the river section to Froghall. Endeavouring to moor at different places on the return journey, there will be time to visit the museum at Etruria. We then carry on down the Trent and Mersey to Great Haywood where we will turn onto the beautiful Staffs and Worcester canal, this cruise ends near Stafford.

Cruise 25.
Stafford - Nantwich. (6 nights).
September 23rd - 29th.
58 Miles, 40 Locks.
Canals - Staffs & Worcs, Shropshire Union .
Station - Stafford.
The cruise begins at Baswich near Stafford, we then cruise the beautiful Staffs and Worcester canal to Autherley Junction where we turn onto the Shropshire Union canal and cruise this cut and fill canal with dramatic cuttings and embankments, passing through Gnossall and Market Drayton. The cruise ends in Nantwich.

Cruise 26.
Nantwich - Llangollen .
September 30th - October 7th.
77 Miles, 37 Locks.
Canals- Shropshire Union, Llangollen, Montgomery.
Station - Nantwich.
Leaving Nantwich we turn at Hurleston to cruise the lovely Llangollen canal. We will moor overnight at some of our favourite spots including Wrenbury and Ellesmere. There should be time for a short exploration of the restored Montgomery canal. There is always so much to see and explore on this route. At Chirk the aqueduct is a foretaste of the fabulous Pontcysllte Aqueduct, the cruise ends in Llangollen.

Cruise 27.
Llangollen - Chester.
October 7th - 14th.
64 Miles, 33 Locks.
Canals - Llangollen, Shropshire Union .
Station - Ruabon.
A reverse of cruise 26 as far as Hurleston, unfortunately there will not be time to visit the Montgomery canal on this cruise. There we turn northwards and cruise to the fascinating walled city of Chester, where the cruise ends.