We have done a couple of days sharing the double locks with NB Serendipity and it makes for easy locking in that the boats don't need to be tied up when filling the lock and don't get bashed against the lock sides. Plus good company makes for enjoyable cruising...
And the good company....
Nigel and Kim... plus NB dog Jess.......
We passed through Burnley another town with a dented reputation but we saw nothing to fear.....
The canal passes through an area known as the Weavers' Triangle, old warehouses and mills on the canals banks.
A lot of the old buildings are given new life...
The exterior wall on this old building was unusual in that it featured......
Old Iron rain water heads..... must have internal guttering below the roof line....
The Burnley Embankment is.....
Three quarters of a mile long, dead straight and carries the water 60 feet above street level as you pass through the town.....
Over to the right was...
The Burnley footy club home ground....
Burnley was an industrial town and was once the world centre for cotton weaving....
The housing is row upon row of repetitive dumb....
A chimney sweep was probably never out of work...
We moored for a short while, I stayed with the ship, as Leonie went to the supermarket ....
A good view into...
"What do I do with the extra space?", back yards of the houses....
We arrived at Barrowford locks, Nigel & Kim were waiting for us.
A hire boat had gone out and left the gates open....
We managed to get through the first lock ok but when we tried to cross the pound to the second...
NB Serendipity became grounded... We had to release water through the lock to gain enough depth....
After the seven locks we moored for the night....
Next morning I done an engine oil and filter change plus diesel filter then set off about mid day...
Arrived at the...
Foulridge Tunnel, 1640yds, to get a green light.... Goooooo.....
Hadn't passed many boats in the opposite direction so it was a safe bet to stop...
In a bridge hole, easy to alight, to take a photo or two while Leonie held the ship....
Wrong... around the corner ahead comes a NB which meant a sprint back.....
Took a photo....
Very green pasture and rolling hills and actually have stock on the land.... Sometimes farther South it seems you can go a couple of days and hardly see livestock grazing....
Passed under a bridge on a tight bend and there was....
A roller on a post for the tow lines, in days past, to run against as they negotiated the tight turn....
You can see where the rope has rubbed grooves in the post pre, roller.....
Just like Leonie found a way to get rid of Peas from the plate as a child she now....
Gets rid of the crust from her Sarmies... I said you'd look all right with curls....
We came to the Greenberfield locks and....
They had the strange lift up ground paddle handles... we first came across on the Rufford Canal....
I said take a break 'Babe".....
I'll do a spell of the winding thing on these gate paddles...
I Done two...
Stuff That... Bloody Hard Yakka....I'm meant to be unemployed.......
And then to prove it's not..
"All Beer and Skittles" being the captain... look at the risk involved with the Treacherous climb on a wet greasy ladder back down to the Nb.. Try doing that in Fresh water Crocs....
There are a lot of....
Stone walls canal side..
Sunny Day....
By East Marton the canal passes under.....
This double arched bridge... NB,s through the lower hole please.....
Most people using the tow path on foot are walking a dog..
Well if you want to save on dog food....
Take large rope fender that I went back and fished from the canal for a walk.....
We caught up to Nigel & Kim, because they had stopped, and they already had...
The 'Barby" going...
Bring out the beer and wine..
Use a tow path seat for a table... million bucks.......
Jess is saying......
"Please share some of that steak burger?".....
Set off today, sun trying to break through...
Started on the Bank Newton Locks toward Gargrave...
Leonie and me went for a stroll through the village... Customary stone houses and tidy enough but nothing to notable to report.....
By the Holme Bridge Aqueduct was this...
With entry from the road bridge.....
At the lock someone has done some....
Here's a cut away of.....
An English Stone building... Please No 6.3 earthquakes......
Moored up in Skipton and hit the town...
Georgian type buildings in a Market town......
Under the shadow of the Holy Trinity Medieval Church, 1300, and the Skipton Castle sits the ....
Castle Inn pub.......
And up the road is the....
Mill Bridge .... 1753...
And behind the bridge is the...
High Corn Mill building.. A water wheel has been on this site since 1170...
There's a lot of redevelopment in town....
This shopping arcade still retains the old style.....
And appears to have it's own...
Internal street.....
The old mill buildings have been...
Appartmentized but still retain nice features such as this walkway leading to the steel walkway between the two blocks.....
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