Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

This morning myself and Angela parked at Navigation Road tram stop and caught tram’s to Salford Quays, with the aim of walking back out of Manchester along the Bridgewater canal to Timperley – an 11 mile walk. We changed trams at Cornbrook interchange.

Yesterday we had been walking in Tatton park and had got drenched 😒so we had to dry our boots and trousers overnight. The rain we encountered yesterday was biblical and combined with the strong winds made for a very unpleasant walk. We were hoping that we would get less rain today.

The tram to Cornbrook was very full but the tram to Salford Quays was a better ride with less people on board.

Salford Quays is an impressive waterside location hosting Media City, The Lowry theatre, The Imperial war Museum and many other venues for food/drink/hotels and a substantial number of apartments. It was quite bleak when we arrived with a cold wind blowing.

We could see Old Trafford – the Manchester United Football Club stadium across the water – we would be walking past that later.

Leaving Salford Quays we walked through streets, passing a quirky Amazon delivery vehicle, to pick up the towpath of the Bridgewater canal.

We were to find that the canal is a pretty straight run most of the way and that it is well used by runners and cyclists as well as by walkers.

The Tram line follows the route of the canal quite closely.

We continued along the Towpath and crossed over The Throstle Nest bridge to the other side of the canal. A boat passed under the bridge.

We were now approaching the impressive Old Trafford Stadium.

A little further on we took the left hand branch of the canal.

Shortly we reached Stretford Marina which housed quite a few boats.

We passed over the river Mersey.

And then under the M60 motorway.

We were now heading towards Sale.

At this stage we started to encounter light rain showers. We were both delighted when we came across a café serving from a boat by Walton Park. We stopped for a nice latte 😊.

The rain started to get heavy so the last mile or so from our destination was not pleasant. We were both relieved to get to the car and out of the rain. It was an enjoyable walk and didn’t feel like 11 miles. Our walking gear will be drying out again overnight!!

Happy Walking!