Ripon Racecourse Marina to Linton Lock
Having spent several days in the Ripon area catching up with friends in Yorkshire, we have now started the return journey south down the Ripon Canal, River Ure and the River Ouse. After a lot of rain recently the river is much higher than on our journey upstream a few weeks ago. Today was so bleak, we had hot soup at lunchtime - mad, considering this is a 'scorchio' summer!
In Ripon, as our pics record, we went through the northern most lock on the connected waterways in England and Wales. We went to the furthest point west at Llangollen earlier on the cruise, but whether we get to the furthest east and south during this season remains to be seen, especially as we are rapidly becoming fair weather sailors!!!! There's always next year!!!.
We have actually passed more British Waterways boats moving today than private boats, one of them a patrol boat complete with blue lights on the roof (quick, check your speed!!). Another was a very big work boat, very ably manouvered by a BW lady, very happy in her work, busy clearing dense bank vegetation.
En route, we refulled with red diesel from Canal Garage petrol station, Boroughbridge, where a swinging dispense arm from the 1950's is still in use!
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