Fosters Swing Bridge to above Barrowford Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Well, today our passage was not as torrid as we had anticipated. Lott of floating plastic but no submerged furniture and other objets d'art! Quite a relief after yesterday.
We passed many, many empty mill buidings as we progressed through Burnley, all ripe for restoration, just waiting for investment.
We managed to pass under and over the M65 within about 20 minutes today, as the canal wound around and around. Eventually we reached the 7 locks at Barrowford, and we are now moored on the summit of the Leeds and Liverpool canal. An adjacent reservoir that feeds the canal is very low, considering this early point in the summer - no wonder we will encounter restrictions at locks further on.
Each day Bob means to calculate our running total of locks and miles, but never quite manages to add all the stats up - and he a lapsed accountant!
Today we added another 7 locks;1 tunnel and 13.5 miles. .
Well, today our passage was not as torrid as we had anticipated. Lott of floating plastic but no submerged furniture and other objets d'art! Quite a relief after yesterday.
We passed many, many empty mill buidings as we progressed through Burnley, all ripe for restoration, just waiting for investment.
We managed to pass under and over the M65 within about 20 minutes today, as the canal wound around and around. Eventually we reached the 7 locks at Barrowford, and we are now moored on the summit of the Leeds and Liverpool canal. An adjacent reservoir that feeds the canal is very low, considering this early point in the summer - no wonder we will encounter restrictions at locks further on.
Each day Bob means to calculate our running total of locks and miles, but never quite manages to add all the stats up - and he a lapsed accountant!
Today we added another 7 locks;1 tunnel and 13.5 miles. .
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