Tuesday 14th June We have finally finished our Rochdale trip and all we can say is it has been like the Curate’s egg. 64 miles and 184 locks in two and a…
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Monday 13th June After a night of broken sleep we set off to start the Manchester 19 locks at Failsworth arriving about 8-15am. It was raining quite hard by this time and…
Sunday 12th June You know what it’s like when someone asks you what you are going to do, you tell them and they then tell you what they would do/have done…
Friday 10th June We stayed at Slattocks today and went in to Rochdale on the bus (£4-20 for me) and I did indeed spend an inordinate amount of time in…
Read the PostSlattocks to Chadderton (The Rose Of Lancaster)
Thursday 9th June We have had a fairly straightforward trip today, travelling 7 miles, 7 locks and 2 swing bridges from Littleborough to Slattocks in a blistering 6 hours! The weather…
Wednesday 8th June I write to you from the jaunty angle that is our current mooring in Littleborough. Every time I stand up I gravitate to starboard! What a day…
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Tuesday 7th June Today has been a day of water problems. We have, eventually, managed to travel 1.5 miles and 6 locks to below Lock 34, two locks away from Longlees Lock…
Sunday 5th June Sunday was a bit wet but as we had intended to stay at Todmorden it didn’t matter. We got up late, lazed around in the morning, took George…
Saturday 4th June Today has been fairly hectic but not as hectic as yeaterday. We have travelled the same distance as yesterday, 5.5 miles but we have done 11 locks,…
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Friday 3rd June It’s been a bit hectic today. Well, things started off ok, we had booked to go up the Tuel Lane locks at 1 pm so in the…
Read the PostSalterhebble to Mytholmroyd – It’s been a funny old day!