We set sail again this morning after a lovely week seeing friends and family around the UK. Today’s leg is from Rodley to Leeds, can’t wait! Advertisements
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Guest post: Nick W & Katie P
A couple of weeks back, Nick and Katie visited . As well as putting in some back-breaking hours on the Wigan locks and joining us for some jolly good food and drink, Katie took some smashing photos. Here they are.…
Stoppage
I do like a moving bridge. The canal system has many and they are interesting and varied. Some go up like a drawbridge. Others rotate on a turntable. Some are enormous and only need to be swung for boats with…
Posted in Cruising log
Wonder #4 – Burnley Embankment
I have a feeling that the man who masterminded the creation of the seven wonders of the waterways, Robert Aickman, may have been having us all on a bit. For how else can he go from the majesty and triumphant…
Posted in Visitors, Wonders of the waterways
Famous cows
We’ve just been through the Foulridge Tunnel. It’s nearly a mile long, pretty straight and as dark and spooky as many other tunnels we’ve encountered so far. Apparently, in 1912, a cow named Buttercup fell in at one end, swam…
Posted in Cruising log, History and traditions
Boat cuisine – Barrowford top lock
Brunch after an energetic morning going up Barrowford locks. We are now at the summit pound of the Leeds & Liverpool canal, 487 feet above sea level, with Pendle Hill on the horizon… Quite glorious.
Posted in Boat Cuisine
A rant
To that man and any others In those age-old British words, I have a “polite notice” for you. Please note it is not polite to treat my sex with such contempt. Please note that, despite my fury, I managed to…
Posted in Cruising log, Life Aboard
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