An early start today in grey murky and chilly conditions. Making good progress we soon arrived at the first of the three swing bridges we would pass through today. The weather was improving although not warm it was getting brighter and better than the forecast we watched last night. Around noon we arrived at the […]
Overnight the wind had subsided and the rain had stopped. So it was in quite pleasant conditions that we started on the seven Barrowford locks. We hadn’t been through the last lock long before the rain came but at least it wasn’t windy or as cold as yesterday. It was still raining when we pulled […]
Yesterday we had a day of rest and stayed in Gargrave. It was a really nice day weather wise. We did some odd jobs on the boat then went off for a walk into the hills (part of the pennine way). We decided that we would head back the way we came rather than go […]
Hooray! No rain today but its was overcast when we set off this morning. This was how it was to be all morning. We soon arrived at the Foulridge tunnel where there is a traffic light signal in operation. The red light was showing red when we arrived so we moored up and waited about […]
A good nights unbroken sleep, but is was raining when we got up this morning and that would set the trend for the day. Showers of either rain or hail, some quite heavy. We left Hapton around 9am and there was a cool breeze as well as the rain. We had planned to use the […]
Another night of being woken by heavy rain and even heavier hail. This morning though the sun was shining so we set off. Within 30 mins the dark clouds came bringing a shower of rain, it didnt last long and although not warm it did brighten up again. Entering Blackburn it wasn’t long before we […]
It was bright this morning when we pulled away from the mooring at Adlington. It was a very steady start as there were several boats moored all the way out of the town. We were following two other boats. This was amazing because we have seen hardly any boats on the move. We continued following […]
Hooray it had stopped raining this morning, which was good news because we had 23 locks to do today, 21 of which make up the Wigan flight. Soon we were at the first lock with its strange configuration of chains to shut the gates. Lock one and two cleared, we came to the junction to […]
It was raining when we woke this morning and it carried on all day. We set off in the wet around 10am. Our first stop would be Bridgewater Marina to top the diesel tank and what a pleasant bunch of guys they were. It was raining cats and dogs but they cheerfully topped the tank. […]
The weather forecast was spot on ,it said the wind would get up and it would rain. Well it did and we were both woken in the night by the wind rattling around the boat and heavy rain hitting the roof. By morning the wind had eased down and it had stopped raining. It was […]