Nine week cruise - day 16 - Sunday 17th July 2005
Locomotive Bridge, Huddersfield
Up at 0715 and away at 0745. The downhill run from the summit level continued into Huddersfield: we encountered lots of very shallow pounds. One we came to was almost dry, so we had to fill it from the previous pound in order to be able to continue. That episode took one and a half hours. There wasn't much traffic about, so we stopped for lunch in lock 5E. We would have moved if a boat came, of course.
At Apsley Basin we stopped to use the facilities - water and shower. Oh, and Sainsbury's. Going on to the Huddersfield Broad Canal was interesting - the locks were, anyway. We'd not encountered such short locks before. It was a bit of a jiggle getting the gates shut and open with the 58' boat diagonally across the lock.
We moored at 1825 just below Lock 9 on the Huddersfield Broad Canal.
Day 1 of our hols and not the best start.
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April 17th
A break in the weather at last and a great morning to set off in MB. Took
far longer to reach our destination though, not because of traffic,...
19 hours ago
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