From Burnley Wharf to Site of Former Railway Bridge No 151B, a distance of 11 miles, 4¼ flg and 7 locks. Start : Burnley Wharf Finish : Site of Former Railway Bridge No 151B Shopped and played games while waiting for engineer for our leak. Off at 4:00. Up Barrowford and watered. Through Foulridge Tunnel. […]
From Walton Summit Branch Junction to Burnley Wharf, a distance of 26 miles, 2½ flg and 13 locks. Start : Walton Summit Branch Junction Finish : Burnley Wharf Lovely scenery. Shopped at Fenniscowles. Chip shop dinner. On through Blackburn to Burnley. Discovered small fuel leak. Moored for night then very heavy rain.
From Trencherfield Mill Arm to Walton Summit Branch Junction, a distance of 11 miles, 4 flg and 23 locks. Start : Trencherfield Mill Arm Finish : Walton Summit Branch Junction Bought own windlass. Carl joined us at Britannia Bridge No 53 and worked up Wigan Flight with us. Left as at New Springs. On to […]
From Lymm Visitor Moorings to Trencherfield Mill Arm, a distance of 29 miles, 1¾ flg and 4 locks. Start : Lymm Visitor Moorings Finish : Trencherfield Mill Arm Anglers everywhere. Slowly past Lyme Boating Club, très posh, they think. Difficult to find water point. Eventually managed at Plank Lane Bridge No 8 . Moored for […]
From Anderton Marina to Lymm Visitor Moorings, a distance of 17 miles, 5 flg and 1 lock. Start : Anderton Marina Finish : Lymm Visitor Moorings Left Anderton at 3.25 and went through Barnton Tunnel and Saltersford Tunnel. Had to wait until 6p.m to.be able to go north through Preston Brook Tunnel. Moored for night […]
Our second boating holiday was a bit more adventurous – a two week holiday to Leeds and back. Turn Round Here : Trencherfield Mill Arm Turn Round Here : River Aire Junction Start / Finish : Anderton Marina Overnight at : Lymm Visitor Moorings Overnight at : Trencherfield Mill Arm Overnight at : Walton Summit […]