Mind your head! Lumb Lane Bridge is the lowest on the canal and has claimed a few boat chimneys!
Pleasant canal-side properties in Audenshaw.
Art Deco-style house by the winding hole in Audenshaw.
Approaching the M60 motorway bridge in Audenshaw, with a hazy glimpse of the Pennines in the distance.
Passing the Ashton Packet Boat Company's Guide Bridge boatyard, the change-over point for Shire Cruisers' cross-Pennine hire boats.
The Ashton Packet Boat Company's Guide Bridge boatyard. In this area, boats were once loaded with coal from Ashton Moss Colliery which, when it opened in 1882, was the deepest pit in the world.
Looking back westwards to Hanover Street bridge (China Bridge), Audenshaw, with Guide Bridge boatyard beyond.
This charmless bridge carries the new motorway link road from Guide Bridge to Ashton Moss.
Guide Bridge Mill, a former cotton mill, stands behind this disused railway bridge.