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Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 3 |
Comments |
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| 19/04/81 | "Maiden Voyage" from Thornes Wharf Wakefield | 940 E | ||||
| Moored at Castleford | ||||||
| 20/04/81 | Left Castleford Mooring | |||||
| Moored in Leeds | ||||||
| 21/04/81 | Left Leeds Mooring | |||||
| Moored at Apperley Bridge (John's Boat Yard) | 947 | |||||
| 01/05/81 | First night aboard - Labrador 'Socks' Frozen !! | |||||
| 02/05/81 | 13:15 | Left Apperley Bridge Mooring | ||||
| 18:15 | Bingle 5-Rise bottom | 953 | ||||
| 19:00 | Bingle 5-Rise top | |||||
| 03/05/81 | 10:00 | Left Bingley | ||||
| 16:45 | Moored at Skipton (1.5 hrs for meal etc) | 958 | ||||
| 04/05/81 | 10:30 | Left Skipton | ||||
| 13:00 | Moored at Gargrave | 961 | ||||
| 08/05/81 | Visited Gargrave by car | |||||
| 15/05/81 | Visited Gargrave by car | |||||
| 06/07/81 | 12:00 | Left Gargrave with Frank Riley, Walter Platts & Stuart Craig | ||||
| 06/07/81 | 18:30 | Moored at top of Bingley 5-Rise | 971 | |||
| 07/07/81 | 10:30 | Left top of 5-Rise on own - shared with 'Melba' & | ||||
| 11:10 | 'Tina Tee' - Doncaster to bottom of 5-Rise | |||||
| Bob, Wendy, Don, Melba & Gordon (Sheffield ?) | ||||||
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Three Rise Locks | ||||
| 14:30 | Moored at 'Fisherman' - Dowley Gap | |||||
| 09/07/81 | 12:00 | Left Fisherman with Doreen & Neil | 974 | |||
| Moored at Apperley Bridge (John's Boatyard £1.00) | 978 | |||||
| 10/07/81 | 09:55 | Left Apperley Bridge | ||||
| Swing Bridges | ||||||
| 10:45 | Rodley Boat Yard | |||||
| Swing Bridges | ||||||
| 11:20 | 11:50 | Newley Locks (3) | ||||
| 12:00 | 12:20 | Kirkstall Forge Locks (3) | ||||
| 12:30 | 12:45 | Kirkstall Lock & Lunch | ||||
| 14:15 | 14:25 | Spring Gardens Lock | ||||
| 14:30 | 14:50 | Oddy Locks (2) | ||||
| 15:00 | 15:10 | St Anns Ing Lock | ||||
| 15:15 | 15:25 | Office Lock | ||||
| 15:30 | 15:35 | River Lock | ||||
| 15:50 | 16:05 | Leeds Lock | ||||
| Knostrop Flood Lock | ||||||
| 16:15 | 16:35 | Knostrop Fall Lock | ||||
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Fishpond Lock | ||||
| 17:20 | 17:30 | Woodlesford Lock | 985 | |||
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Moored at Woodlesford Lock - Lock keeper Fred |
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Met David Finnis (camping) - breakfast with me Monday am |
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| Saturday | 14:45 | Left Woodlesford Lock | 986 | |||
| 18/07/81 | 15:07 | 15:10 | Lemonroyd Lock | |||
| 15:30 | 15:35 | Kippax Lock | ||||
| 15:50 | 15:55 | Castleford Junction | ||||
| 16:00 | 16:10 | Bulholme Lock | ||||
| 17:00 | Ferrybridge Lock (open) | |||||
| 17:20 | Bear left for Selby Canal | |||||
| Saturday | 17:20 | Bear left for Selby Canal | ||||
| 18/07/81 | 17:25 | 17:41 | Bank Dole Lock (scruffy !) | |||
| 18:15 | 18:25 | Beale Lock | ||||
| 19:40 | Haddlesey Flood Lock | |||||
| 20:20 | Moored on visitor moorings | |||||
| Sunday | 11:00 | Left visitor moorings | ||||
| 19/07/81 | Anchor Inn | |||||
| 12:30 | Selby Lock (high tide 10:30am) | |||||
| 13:10 | Depart Selby Lock | |||||
| 13:55 | 14:00 | 17:15 | Barmby Lock (moored for lunch) | |||
| 17:50 | Wressle Castle ?? | |||||
| 18:40 | Moored at Breighton Launch - pontoon moorings | |||||
| Monday | 11:30 | Left Breighton Launch moorings | ||||
| 20/07/81 | 13:00 | End of Pocklington Canal (disused) | ||||
| 14:15 | 14:45 | Sutton Lock (Elvington) | ||||
| Large cranked windlass required for guillotine gate) | ||||||
| 15:30 | 16:55 | Moored for lunch | ||||
| 17:15 | Kexley (A1079) | |||||
| 18:30 | Arrived at Stamford Bridge | 1001 | ||||
| Disused lock to left (mooring) - weir to right ! | ||||||
| Tuesday | 10:50 | Left Stamford Bridge | ||||
| 21/07/81 | 12:15 | 12:35 | Sutton Lock - very shallow at low end | |||
| 14:45 | Moored at Breighton Launch - pontoon moorings | 1005 | ||||
| 20:50 | Left Breighton Launch moorings | |||||
| 22:15 | Moored on Barmby Pontoon (dark) - not allowed !! | |||||
| Wednesday | 09:45 | Left Barmby Barrage | ||||
| 22/07/81 | 10:35 | Passed Selby Lock & Bridges | ||||
| Cawood Bridge | ||||||
| 11:45 | 12:45 | 13:30 | Locking into Naburn - £ 5:00 charge | |||
| 14:00 | Moored at Ship Inn - Acaster Malbis | |||||
| 16:20 | Left Ship Inn pontoon moorings | |||||
| Bishopthorpe Palace | ||||||
| A64 York Bypass | ||||||
| 18:00 | Moored at York | 1012 | ||||
| Thursday | 11:30 | Left York moorings - raining heavily | 1012 | |||
| 23/07/81 | 12:35 | 'Fox Inn' Nether Poppleton - poor moorings | ||||
| 13:40 | Nun Monkton Pool - Nidd enters from left | |||||
| 14:00 | Dawney Arms pub moorings | |||||
| 14:15 | 14:45 | Linton Lock - shallows on left | ||||
| 15:15 | Wooden 'Ouse - Ure' signpost on left | |||||
| 15:25 | Aldwarke Bridge & Village | |||||
| 16:15 | Swale Nab - navigable Ouse to left | |||||
| Un-navigable Swale ahead ! | ||||||
| 17:00 | 17:20 | Milby Lock | ||||
| 17:40 | Moored at Boroughbridge | 1018 | ||||
| Saturday | 11:30 | Left Boroughbridge Moorings | ||||
| 25/07/81 | 12:30 | Oxclose Lock - short walk | ||||
| 13:10 | Boroughbridge for meal etc. | |||||
| 15:00 | Left Boroughbridge moorings | |||||
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Milby Lock | ||||
| 16:00 | Swale Nab | |||||
| 16:40 | Aldwarke Bridge & Village | |||||
| 16:55 | Wooden 'Ouse - Ure' signpost on right | |||||
| 17:15 | 18:00 | Linton Lock - £ 1.00 | ||||
| 18:30 | Nun Monkton Pool - Nidd enters from right | |||||
| 19:00 | 'Fox Inn' Nether Poppleton - poor moorings | |||||
| 19:40 | Moored at York | 10:25 | ||||
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To be continued (from hand-written log) |
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| Friday | 22/05/87 | Cruise for Marjorie & Joe Butler with Mel & Ships Dog 'Trixie' | ||||
| On narrowboat 'Mahala' - note that pictures were added later - mainly from 'Oxford Blue' | ||||||
| LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL | ||||||
| Click here for information on Leeds Liverpool Canal Locks | ||||||
| 09:30 | Office Lock | 1877 | ||||
| River Lock | ||||||
| AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION | ||||||
| Click Here for Information on Hydraulic Locks | ||||||
| Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin | ||||||
| Leeds Sanitary Station | ||||||
| Knostrop Flood Lock | ||||||
| Knostrop Lock | ||||||
| Thwaite Mill Museum | ||||||
| Fishpond Lock | ||||||
| Woodlesford Lock | ||||||
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Following a breach in the river Aire to St Aidens open
cast mine workings, (in 1992 ?) |
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| OLD Lemonroyd Lock | ||||||
| Kippax Lock (no longer exists) | ||||||
| The Boat Pub | ||||||
| Castleford Flood Lock | ||||||
| Castleford Mooring - Loading Staithe | ||||||
| Woodnook Lock | ||||||
| Kings Road Lock | ||||||
| Birkwood Lock | ||||||
| Old Stanley Ferry Aqueduct | ||||||
| New Stanley Ferry Aqueduct | ||||||
| Stanley Ferry (Mill House Inn) | ||||||
| Broad Reach Flood Lock (open) | ||||||
| River Calder | ||||||
| Fall Ings Lock + (Break for Dogs & Food !) | ||||||
| Wakefield Flood Lock | ||||||
| Jolly Sailor Pub (Thornes Lane Wharf) | ||||||
| Double Two Shirt Company | ||||||
| A View of Sandal Castle | ||||||
| Thornes Lock | ||||||
| Thornes Flood Lock | ||||||
| M1 Motorway Bridge | ||||||
| Broad Cut Low Lock | 1886 | |||||
| Moored at the Navigation Pub (Calder Grove) | 9.00 | |||||
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To be continued (from hand-written log) |
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