A Very Narrow Journey
This is the one where we reach the end of the Rochdale Canal! Our journey over the Pennines has been fabulous, if a little challenging at times! We have been very lucky and had no trouble from any locals. The most challenging part has been the big heavy lock gates, broken paddles and the water…
This post continues our narrowboat journey from Summit to Castleton on the Rochdale Canal Wednesday 13th November Our cruise today was from Summit to Littleborough. 9 Locks. 1.25 miles. I managed to ground the boat! I was waiting for Paul to open the lock and was floating against the side of the canal when I…
In the post we will be cruising from Todmorden to The Summit, with our boating buddies, Rosemary and Bob, on their narrowboat Sefton. Todmorden is a really lovely and relaxed town and we have really enjoyed our stay here. Today is Friday the 8th November and we will be cruising from Todmorden to Walsden today….
Monday 4th November 2019 Hebden Bridge was a lovely town and we really enjoyed our stay, but it’s time to move on. We are now on The Rochdale Canal and today we are cruising with Rosemary and Bob on NB Sefton, from Hebden Bridge to Todmorden. We planned to travel 4 and a half miles,…
Thursday 17th October We had been stuck at the end of the Huddersfield Broad Canal as the River Calder was in flood. Today it has gone out of the red and we headed out onto the River Calder on to the Calder & Hebble Navigation. This journey was with Rosemary and Bob – our new…
We are now on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal after cruising down Marple Locks and leaving the Peak Forest Canal. Our last blog ended with us at Roaches Lock and visiting Mossley. Our next mooring is at Uppermill. Uppermill We loved the bustling village of Uppermill, although the mooring is quite dark and shaded with all…
Marple Locks It is now the 1st of October and today we are moving along the Peak Forest Canal and will go down the Marple Locks and continue to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. We really have loved the Peak Forest Canal. The views are spectacular and there are so many lovely walks. We could have…
We arrived at Bugsworth Basin on Thursday and we love it already We travelled along the spectacular Peak Forest Canal to moor at Bugsworth Basin and it is amazing. Bugsworth Basin is a fabulous old terminal basin system built in the 1790s. The canal line to Bugsworth was built to bring the canal as near as…
We cruise to Bugsworth Basin on the Peak Forest Canal Today we left Bollington Aqueduct on the Macclesfield Canal. It has been lovely to stay there and we had a fabulous walk up to see White Nancy. Bollington is a lovely village and we enjoyed a wander around. The Macclesfield Canal is glorious with so…
Sunday 8th September Today we cruise to Bollington. We have really enjoyed our stay in Macclesfield on the visitor pontoon, but as today is lovely and sunny, we are moving on. The weather forecast for the next day or two is not good, so we will hunker down and get the fire lit. The scenery…