Boroughbridge to near Ripon, River Ure, Ripon Canal
After a disturbed night from noisy lads messing about in a rowing boat, today we moved on northwards towards our goal of Ripon.
The river Ure is wide and beyond Boroughbridge passes under various busy trunk roads, new since our last visit about 20 years ago. The Ure also passes by the edge of the Newby hall gardens, where there are good daytime moorings for visitors. Spectacular gardens, all meticulously kept, lots of colour, and all superbly planned and laid out. A minature railway with replica engines, plus an extensive (and expensive) display of Zimbabwean sculptures, made for a very pleasant day in the sun.
We have now moored for the evening, exhausted as always by fresh air, plus the effect of working the heavy lockgear and pushing the ever heavier lockgates.
Bye for now.
2 comments:
Hi Vagabonds,
Wonderful to read your journal. We are thinking of doing the same trip in our narrowboat and were wondering how long your boat is. The Nicholson Guides say the locks are 57 feet, but we know this is not always accurate. This would also be a restriction for wider boats. Have you seen any 58 or 59 foot boats pass through the locks to Ripon?
Hi David
Just returned to blogging and spotted your comment.
Vagabond is 55 feet long. We have met narrow boats of 57 feet long, that have made it to Ripon, and apparently they have to postion themselves diagonally across the lock in order to close the gates behind them. (Having done that, they can straighten up and then even share the lock.) 58 or even 59feet long narrow boats might be OK but widebeams would not fit.
Be advised there are a few BW mooring spaces at the Ripon end, for 48 hours, but not many! about 4 x 57 footers could tie up.
Hope this helps
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