Sunday morning now ,well we did the Rochdale nine locks on Friday no problem really took us five , hours,covered one and third mile some of the gates were heavy but no harder than many we have done before absolutely no problem with the residents the only trouble we had was that we ran out of water in the last pound and had to wait a while as it filled back up enough to let us pass through .Friday night was spent in a secure area at the top ,,Picadilly village resting up for Saturdays challenge the eighteen Ashton locks these were a doddle really four miles covered in six and a half hours  again despite their reputation they went very well with no  serious problems apart from another water supply problem which I had to rectify by going up to the next lock opening the gates and letting some water down from the next long pound .
Unfortunately we made the mistake of stopping for Saturday night at Fairfield junction on the towpath side and were rudely awakened at one am by drunken singing and banging on the roof our only incident in all the time we have been out But no damage was done only a nuisance

Underneath the railway arches the canal footbridge looks tiny in comparison 

Heading up below  the buildings that cover some of the Rochdale locks not the best of places

Manchester library a fantastic place with books stored on many floors all the way around the circular building we had a look into the reference section on the top floor I could have spent all day if not all week in there .

Roadworks all over the city to install the new tram system

Flats built next to the Rochdale canal,little boxes but  not stacked quite straight

In between all the bars of Manchester

In between all the bars of Manchester