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Groundings, Rubbish and no fuel

From Foulridge Tunnel (southwestern entrance) to Grimshaw Park Bridge No 101, a distance of 24 miles, 5½ flg and 7 locks. Start : Foulridge Tunnel (southwestern entrance) Finish : Grimshaw Park Bridge No 101 Ran aground in Nelson, then plastic bag round prop: Then ran out of fuel near Church. Reg said we must have […]

Escape to Lancashire

From Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 to Foulridge Tunnel (southwestern entrance), a distance of 21 miles, 1½ flg and 15 locks. Start : Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 Finish : Foulridge Tunnel (southwestern entrance) Shopped in Skipton and boys train spotted. Then on and on until Lancashire side of Foulridge. Hot and sunny […]

Up in to the moors

From Rodley Water Pipe Crossing Bridge to Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184, a distance of 19 miles, 4¼ flg and 16 locks. Start : Rodley Water Pipe Crossing Bridge Finish : Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 Back up the Bingley locks, harder work going this way. Moored near Kildwick. Weather slightly warmer.

In and out of Leeds

From Kirkstall Pipe Bridge to Rodley Water Pipe Crossing Bridge, a distance of 8 miles, 4¾ flg and 20 locks. Turn Round Here : River Aire Junction Start : Kirkstall Pipe Bridge Finish : Rodley Water Pipe Crossing Bridge On to Leeds. Worked Locks with Pennine Explorer from Coles Morton Wigan. Shopped in Leeds. Boys […]

Down towards Leeds

From Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 to Kirkstall Pipe Bridge, a distance of 21 miles, 5½ flg and 22 locks. Start : Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 Finish : Kirkstall Pipe Bridge Lots of tricky swing bridges. Watered and souped at top of Bingley Five Rise. Worked our way down with very helpful […]

Deep in the heart of Yorkshire

From Site of Former Railway Bridge No 151B to Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184, a distance of 17 miles, 7 flg and 15 locks. Start : Site of Former Railway Bridge No 151B Finish : Milking Hall Swing Bridge No 184 Down Greenberfield Locks and Bank Newton . Reached Skipton and had evening meal […]

Over the Border

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. […]

Onwards and upwards

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.

Up the Flight

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 […]

In to Wigan

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 […]