LEJOG 2025

Day 8

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Tony Brazao

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Long day today but I’m up for it!

I end up in a place called Leftwich close to the river Weaver. Looking at the river on the map you can see how it got its name. Parts of it were apparently straightened in the 1700s to make it more navigable for canal boats.

I feel like this should be twinned with Newport in Wales. No data centre in site though.

Rainy days still providing picturesque scenes.

That was a tough day. Long and wet. Not many stopping opportunities as a result but the blue dot creeps northwards.

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  1. mindfullykoala592e446c44 Avatar
    mindfullykoala592e446c44

    Hope you’ve recharged your batteries.

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  2. Sarah Jarvis Avatar
    Sarah Jarvis

    Leftwich, Middlewich and Northwich, we know how to name towns in Cheshire

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    1. Tony Brazao Avatar
      Tony Brazao

      Where is the boundary of “up north”?

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      1. Sarah Jarvis Avatar
        Sarah Jarvis

        I would say anything North of Birmingham is Up North. By any measure, in Cheshire you’re definitely Up North. Make sure you get some lovely crumbly Cheshire cheese and a nice barm cake (not actually a cake) on your way through

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    2. Tony Brazao Avatar
      Tony Brazao

      Thanks for the reminder Sarah – just stopping for a sandwich.

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  3. Clive Avatar
    Clive

    I can’t only imagine how twisty it was before being ‘straightened’.

    Up North, according to Chat GPT starts around Sheffield. Or Watford Gap for some, but they’re clearly Londoners.

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    Clive

    I can’t only imagine how twisty it was before being ‘straightened’.

    Up North, according to Chat GPT starts around Sheffield. Or Watford Gap for some, but they’re clearly Londoners.

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    1. Tony Brazao Avatar
      Tony Brazao

      I thought you may like to know that the infamous Robert Clive was from around here.

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      1. Clive Avatar
        Clive

        Apparently he should be referred to as The Right Honourable, The Lord Clive, KB FRS. And I never knew that was actually Clive of India.

        Clive of Brisbane doesn’t have the same ring to it

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        Clive

        Apparently he should be referred to as The Right Honourable, The Lord Clive, KB FRS. And I never knew that was actually Clive of India.

        Clive of Brisbane doesn’t have the same ring to it

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