Middlewich Breach: Video today of granular fill material being compacted in layers to reinstate the breach hole. Photo to follow. The embankment slope is quite steep so is being reinforced with geogrid mesh. Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Breach: Latest photos taken today of the breach repair. Several meters height to go. Will obviously be dressed with topsoil and grass seeded. Canal & River Trust North West

Open day at the Middlewich Canal breach project today. Pleased to be giving a talk about the works to repair the canal. Good to see lots of visitors coming to see this major civil engineering project! Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Canal Breach: new concrete Canal walls being cast today. Embankment has been topsoiled and seeded. Works progressing well !

Middlewich Canal Breach: Exclusive photos of repair works - going well with most of the new concrete wash walls now completed. The new embankment has greened up well , and can now be built up to the full height. Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Canal Breach: Latest photos taken this morning- Embankment now filled up behind the new Canal walls. Preparing the base for lining to make watertight. Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Canal Breach: started installing the PVC liner across the Canal bed. Latest photos taken while visiting site today. Works managed by Kier Group progressing very well. Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Canal Breach: latest photos of the Canal bed showing concrete truck and mobile pump used for placing protection over the PVC liner. Canal & River Trust North West

Excellent work 👍! Well done all those involved.

Middlewich Canal Breach: photos taken today of completed channel construction. Some water in the canal , and starting to carefully refill over the next few days Canal & River Trust North West

Middlewich Canal Breach: photos taken today during my inspection of the reconstructed Canal which is now fully refilled with water. Some final works to do tomorrow prior to reopening the navigation on Friday 🍾🎉😀. Canal & River Trust North West . Thanks to our contractors Kier Group

Marple Lock 11: photos taken today of the excavation and carefully dismantling the lock walls. This is major civil engineering work! We need to save the sandstone blocks and reuse them in reconstruction laying them in the same order.

Marple Lock 11: starting to rebuild the lock chamber walls. Lower part is natural orange brick, and now on to rebuilding the stonework. We have some new sandstone blocks to replace perished stones. Canal & River Trust North West

Marple Lock 11: latest photos taken today. Rebuild of the lock walls is about half way up. We have replaced a few stones, light coloured, with new ones as the original stones are fractured. New sandstone is from a local quarry in Kerridge. Canal & River Trust North West

Marple Lock 11: Latest photos taken today of the lock wall reconstruction. Getting close to full height now. Depth of the lock hidden by the scaffolding.

Marple Lock 11: last of the coping stones being positioned today on site to complete the main lock rebuild. Photos above and below the scaffold platform . Canal & River Trust

Marple Lock 11: latest photos of the lock rebuild. Getting close to finishing now. Lock walls fully reconstructed & looking good.

Marple Lock 11: Fantastic achievement: lock rebuild now complete and work boat passing through. Marple flight will be back open this afternoon!😀 Thanks to Kier Group who did the construction work .Canal & River Trust North West

Marple Lock 11. The story in images. Closed to reopening today ! 😀

After 19 years of service, I have now left employment with the Canal & River Trust. ☹️ I wish the Trust every success in the future.