It's a tight fit!
Yesterday was a fairly long day, six hours cruising and heavy
locks. These locks are only 57ft 6
(Jeanie Deans is 60ft). We managed to share some of the locks with a
shorter narrow boat which made life a bit easier. Met a lovely old boy on the way up who was
telling me that he used to work for waterways in the 60’s and told me the
correct pronunciation of Standedge (Stannege) Tunnel, commenting that you could
tell I was a ‘foreigner’. I agreed that
I was definitely a foreigner to these parts, but was enjoying it here. We made it to Cooper Flood Gates which is the
last part of the river. A very quiet and
peaceful rural mooring, although there was some road noise it did not disturb
us.
Today has been a lovely sunny day. That is three hot sunny days in a row; it’s
raining now though just to make a change.
A short day’s cruising today as the plan was to stop near Aspley
Basin Huddersfield
and do some shopping, as there is a Sainsbury right next to the canal. An early start, at the crack of 9:00am and
after going round the junction after Cooper Flood Gates we passed through the
lock and onto the Huddersfield Broad
Canal Apsley
Basin Huddersfield . Some of the locks were a bit tight though and
I wouldn’t fancy going down, although we met a 60 foot boat coming out of the
first lock that had come all the way down, so it can be done.
Locomotive Bridge
The middle section of this bridge just lifts straight up so you can pass underneath! I love that when you are on a boat you can bring traffic to a standstillJ
After two hectic days it was lovely to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the picturesque Huddersfield Broad Canal. From tomorrow we are back on narrow canals with narrow beam locks that are 70ft long. This will make life much easierJ
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