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Day					Daily	Total
Date	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3	Comments	Hours	Hours
SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
Click here for 'The Victoria' - Thorne
Click Here for Thorne Democratic Club & Institute
Click Here for Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal Pictures
Tuesday				Diesel £ 12.50 (paid) Electricity (12604 to pay)
15-04-03	12:00			Left Blue Water Marina
	12:10			Moored in Thorne (oil leak from new lift pump)	0:10	0:10
Wednesday	12:00			Oil leak cleared - Left Thorne
16-04-03	12:10	12:20		Thorne Lock & Bridge (by Ray, Pole Star)
	12:35			M18 Bridge
	1:15			New Inn (Stainforth)
	1:45	2:00	3:40	Bramwith Swing Bridge (Hose Boat Down !)
	3:50	4:05	4:20	Bramwith Lock & Moorings (Chat about old Motorcycles !)
	4:25			Bramwith Junction (New Junction Canal)
	4:30			Don Aqueduct
	4:50	4:55		Low Lane Swing Bridge
	5:00	5:05		Top Lane Lift bridge (Dalmations & Horses)
	5:15	5:25		Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa) Faulty Bridge - Manned
	5:50	6:15		Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge
	6:20	6:25		Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
	6:35	6:40		Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge
	6:50			New Junction End (Southfield Reservoir)
AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
Click Here for General Information on Hydraulic Locks
	7:40			Moored at Bottom of Pollington Lock	7:40	7:50
				Kings Head - John & Pat Hart 01405) 861 507 / 07885 360 390
Thursday	10:00			Left Pollington Mooring
17-04-03	10:10	10:20		Pollington Lock
	10:25			Pollington Bridge
	10:55			Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)
	11:10	11:20		Whitley Lock
	11:30			Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal
	12:20			Knottingley Junction
NORTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
	12:30	1:10	1:45	Meal + Bank Dole Lock
	1:25	1:35		Beal Lock (Alan + diver checking cills)
	2:30	2:55		Haddlesey Flood Lock
				Secluded Mooring (After Paperhouse Bridge)
	4:45			Anchor
	5:00			New Selby Bypass
	5:05			Brayton Road Bridge
	5:25	5:40		Swing Bridge + Basin Mooring	7:00	14:50

Joan & Geoffs Selby Taxi (01757) 212 937 Mobile 07778 225 752
Auto Serve - Selby (01757) 210 137
Wednesday	12:00	12:10	Leave Selby Lock on Flood Tide
23-04-03			Tidal River Ouse
	1:25		Cawood Bridge
	1:35		River Wharfe
	2:35	2:50	Naburn Lock
	3:00		Ship (Acaster Malbis)
	3:15		Naburn Marina
	3:30		York Marine (Boat Hire)
	3:35		Bishopthorpe Palace
	3:45		A64 Road Bridge
	4:05		New Foot Bridge
	4:10		River Foss & Skeldergate bridge
	4:15		Ouse Bridge
	4:20		Lendal Bridge
	4:25		Moored at Museum Gardens	4:25	19:15
Another Good Night in York ! - Check Out York Index ?
Friday		York - Waterline Leisure (Acaster Slip) Injector Pump Gasket Ordered		1:30	20:45
25-04-03		Waterline Leisure (Acaster Slip) - York		2:00	22:45

Saturday

10:45

Leave Museum Gardens

26-04-03

10:50

Scarborough Railway Bridge

11:00

Clifton Bridge

11:30

Road Bridge

11:40

Rail Bridges (2)

11:45

Nether Poppleton (No Moorings !)

12:20

Barge 'Rachel II' (with covered hold)

12:35

Pontoons (Where is 'Jesse James' ??)

12:45

Nun Monkton Pool (River Nidd from Left)

1:10

Dawney Arms Pub

1:20

2:00

Linton Lock

2:25

Wooden River Ouse / Ure Signpost (Left hand Bank After Red Brick + Other Houses)

2:45

Aldwark Toll Bridge

2:55

Aldwark Village & Footbridge (Golf Course)

3:50

Swale Nab (Ouse to Left - Un-Navigable Swale Ahead)

4:30

4:40

Milby Lock

4:50

Moored at Boroughbridge

6:05

28:50

Click Here for the Boroughbridge Index

Sunday

3:25

Left Boroughbridge Mooring

27-04-03

3:30

Boroughbridge Marina (Waterline Leisure)

3:40

Bypass Road Bridges

3:50

Caravan Site & Trip Boat 'Crown Jewel'

Larger Trip Boat 'Frivolity' (1993)

Richard's boat 'Chimu'

4:25

4:50

Westwick Lock

5:00

Newby Hall

5:20

5:45

Oxclose Lock

5:55

Ripon Motor Boat Club

6:05

6:30

7:00

Ripon Marina & Bell Ferrows Lock

7:00

7:30

Rhodesfield Lock

7:35

Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)

7:45

Moored at Ripon

Traditional Fish & Chips
10A Bondgate Green (Close to Ripon Basin & Navigation Pub) Tel: (01756) 605 128

Opening Hours

Monday	Closed All Day
Tuesday	11:30 - 2:00	4:30 - 7:30
Wednesday	11:30 - 2:00	4:30 - 7:30
Thursday	11:30 - 2:00	4:30 - 7:30
Friday	11:30 - 2:00	4:30 - 8:30
Saturday	11:30 - 2:00	4:30 - 8:30
Sunday	Closed All Day

Tuesday

10:20

Left Ripon Mooring

29-04-03

10:25

Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)

10:30

11:00

Rhodesfield Lock

11:15

11:45

Bell Ferrows Lock & Ripon Marina

12:00

Moored in Ripon Marina

1:40

30:30

Tuesday	8:00	8:30	(pm)	Left Ripon Marina & Bell Ferrows Lock
06-05-03	8:35	9:00		Rhodesfield Lock
	9:05			Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)
	9:15			Moored at Ripon	1:15	31:45
Thursday	2:15			Left Ripon Mooring
08-05-03	2:20			Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)
	2:25	2:55		Rhodesfield Lock
	3:00	3:30		Bell Ferrows Lock & Ripon Marina
	3:40			Ripon Motor Boat Club
	4:00	4:25		Oxclose Lock
	4:45			Newby Hall
	4:50	5:00		Westwick Lock
	5:30			Caravan Site & Trip Boat 'Crown Jewel'
	5:40			Bypass Road Bridges
	5:45			Richards Boat CHIMU
	5:45			Boroughbridge Marina (Waterline Leisure)
	5:55			Moored at Boroughbridge	3:40	35:25
Saturday	9:10			Left Boroughbridge Mooring
10-05-03	9:20	9:40		Milby Lock
	10:15			Swale Nab (Un-Navigable Swale from Left)
	10:55			Aldwark Village & Footbridge (Golf Course)
	11:05			Aldwark Toll Bridge
	11:20	Wooden River Ouse / Ure Signpost (Right hand Bank Before White House)
	11:45			Linton Lock Cut
	11:50	12:50		Linton Lock
	1:00			Dawney Arms Pub
	1:15			Nun Monkton Pool (River Nidd from Right)
	1:25			'Jesse James' (Brian ?)
	1:35			Barge Rachel II (Sheeted Hold)
	2:00			Nether Poppleton (No Moorings !)
	2:05			Rail Bridges (2)
	2:15			New Road Bridge
	2:40			Clifton Bridge
	2:50			Scarborough Rail Bridge
	3:00			Moored at Museum Gardens	5:50	41:15
Wednesday	10:15			Leave Museum Gardens
14-05-03	10:15			Lendal Bridge
	10:20			Ouse Bridge
	10:25			Skeldergate bridge & River Foss
	10:30			New Foot Bridge
	10:50			A64 Road Bridge
	11:00			Bishopthorpe Palace
	11:05			York Marine (Boat Hire)
	11:10			Old Rail Bridge (Cycle Track & Walkway)
	11:15			Naburn Marina
	11:25			Ship Inn ( Acaster Malbis)
New Pontoon Moorings - Pub Patrons ONLY - Restaurant Boats Operating !
Call in or telephone for permission & mooring position (01904) 703 888
Castle Line Cruises - York To / From Ship Inn ( Acaster Malbis) 08700 799 799
	11:30	12:20		Waterline Leisure (Acaster Slip) Diesel + Inj Pump Gasket + Seals
	12:30			Moored at Naburn Lock	1:25	42:40
Tidal River Ouse
Friday	8:55			Left Naburn Mooring (with Roger Carr)
16-05-03	9:00	9:15		Naburn Lock ( Tidal River Ouse )
	10:30			River Wharfe
	10:40			Cawood Bridge
	11:25			Rank Hovis (Previously B.O.C.M.)
	11:35			Selby Road Bridge (Previous Toll Bridge)
	11:40			Selby Railway Bridge
	11:45	12:00		Selby Lock
	12:05			Moored in Selby Basin	3:10	45:50
Joan & Geoffs Selby Taxi (01757) 212 937 Mobile 07778 225 752
Auto Serve - Selby (01757) 210 137
Monday	2:40			Leave Selby Basin Moorings + Swing Bridge
	2:50			Slely Boat Centre / Banks Boats
19-05-03	3:10			Brayton Road Bridge
	2:15			New Selby Bypass
	3:05			Rail Bridge
	3:30			Anchor Pub
	3:45			Burton Bridge
	3:50			Rail Bridge
	3:55			Secluded Mooring (Before Paperhouse Bridge)
	4:10			Paperhouse Bridge
	4:20	4:35	4:50	Haddlesey Flood Lock
	5:45	5:55		Beal Lock
	6:35	7:20		Bank Dole Lock (difficult making a level)

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

Click Here for Information on Hydraulic Locks

7:45

Moored at Ferrybridge Flood Lock (river high)

5:05

50:55

Tuesday

8:55

9:00

Ferrybridge Flood Lock (river still high)

20-05-03

9:15

Brotherton

9:20

Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station

9:40

Rail Bridge

1030

10:40

Bulholme Lock

10:50

Moored in Castleford Basin
(flood lock closed - river high)

1:55

52:50

Keith visited from Newark - Home for night

Griffin Pub - Mick & Sandra
Adjacent to Castleford Moorings
Wednesday: Quiz (9:30pm) / Bingo / Open the Box (Typically £ 100)
Sunday: Quiz (9:30pm) / Bingo / Play Your Cards Right (Typically £ 100)
Trick Coins loaned to John 26/07/00

THE BRITT
Formerly 'The Brittania' and 'Hickson & Welsh' Social Club
4 Minutes from Castleford Moorings (towards Castleford)

Mondays	Collier - Dixon - Line
Tuesdays	Old Time / Sequence Dancing
Wednesdays	Open
Thursdays	Quiz / Bingo / Line Dancing
Fridays	Private / Rugby (Big Screen) / Open to Public
Saturdays	Entertainment / Bingo
Sunday Lunch	Carvery - Soup / Meal (CD)
Sundays	Country & Western

Click Here for Castleford to Leeds Pictures

Wednesday

11:55

Left Castleford Mooring with Roger Carr

28-05-03

12:00

Castleford Flood Lock

12:00

12:15

Down towards Castleford Weir & back

12:30

The Boat Pub

1:00

1:20

Lemonroyd Lock

1:45

2:00

Woodlesford Lock

2:10

2:25

Fishpond Lock

Thwaite Mill Museum

3:00

3:20

Knostrop Lock

3:25

Knostrop Flood Lock

3:35

3:50

Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin

LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL

Click here for information on Leeds Liverpool Canal Locks

4:00

4:30

River Lock

4:40

Moored in Granary Wharf Basin

4:35

57:35

Monday

12:20

Left Leeds Mooring

02-06-03

12:25

12:50

River Lock

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

Click Here for Information on Hydraulic Locks

1:00

1:10

Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin

1:15

2:20

Water, Pump Out, etc (Met Andrew Symonds)

2:30

Knostrop Flood Lock

2:40

3:00

Knostrop Lock

3:05

Thwaite Mill Museum

3:40

3:50

Fishpond Lock

4:00

4:20

Woodlesford Lock

4:35

4:45

5:00

Lemonroyd Basin & Lock(View Paul & Karen's Boat 'Dignity)

5:35

The Boat Pub

5:45

Castleford Flood Lock

5:55

Castleford Mooring - Loading Staithe

6:00

58:50

THE BRITT
Formerly 'The Brittania' and 'Hickson & Welsh' Social Club
4 Minutes from Castleford Moorings (towards Castleford)

Mondays	Collier - Dixon - Line
Tuesdays	Old Time / Sequence Dancing
Wednesdays	Open
Thursdays	Quiz / Bingo / Line Dancing
Fridays	Private / Rugby (Big Screen) / Open to Public
Saturdays	Entertainment / Bingo
Sunday Lunch	Carvery - Soup / Meal (CD)
Sundays	Country & Western

Click Here for 'Skipper Holly' Click Here for the 'Yorkshire Terriers'
Click Here for Castleford to Leeds Pictures
Wednesday	12:10		Castleford Flood Lock
11-06-03	12:20		The Boat Pub
	1:00	1:20	Lemonroyd Lock
	1:40	1:55	Woodlesford Lock
	2:10	2:30	Fishpond Lock
	2:37		M1 / A1 Link Road Bridge
	3:00		Thwaite Mill Museum
	3:05	3:20	Knostrop Fall Lock
	3:25		Knostrop Flood Lock
	3:30		South Accommodation Road (Richmond) Bridge
	3:35		Marine Diesel Available ?
	3:40	4:10	Leeds Sanitary Station - Water, Pump Out, etc
	4:15	4:20	Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin
	4:25		Crown Point Bridge
	4:30		Brewery Wharf (Tetleys)
	4:30		Centenary Bridge
	4:35		Leeds Bridge
	4:40		Victoria Bridge
	4:40		Dark Arches
LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL
Click here for information on Leeds Liverpool Canal Locks
	4:40	5:05	River Lock
	5:10		Moored in Granary Wharf Basin	5:00	63:50
Visited the 'Scarbrough Hotel' ('Scarbrough Taps') Manager Toby has a Good Selection of Guest Ales

Recommend 'The Grove' - for Good Ale & Food
Click Here for Leeds to Rodley Pictures
Monday	12:30			Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring
16-06-03	12:35	1:00		Office Lock
	1:15	1:30		St Anne Ings Lock
	1:40	1:55		Oddy Locks (2)
	2:00	2:25		Spring Garden Lock
	2:35			Armley Mills Museum
	2:40	2:45		Kirkstall Marina
	3:10	3:25		Kirkstall Lock
	3:35	4:00		Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3)
	4:10	4:35		Newlay Lock Staircase (3)
	4:50	5:00		Swing Bridge
	5:15			Swing Bridge
	5:25	5:35		Rodley Barge Pub + Swing Bridge
	5:45			Moored in Rodley near Railway Pub	5:15	69:05
Recommend 'The Railway' - for Good Ale & Food
or Try the 'Owl', the 'Rodley Barge' or 'The Crown'
Good Fish Shop, Pizza & Chinese Takeaway
The 'Rodley Social Club' make Visitors Very Welcome (next to 'The Crown' - towards Leeds) Tel: (0113) 2 561 719 mandickator@aol.com ? (to be confirmed !)
Friday	9:30			Left Rodley Mooring
20-06-03	9:40	9:55		Owl Swing Bridge (216)
	10:05			Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - open
	10:30			Swiftcraft Moorings
	10:40			Apperley Bridge Marina
	10:45	10:55		Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers
	11:00	11:40		Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge
	11:40	1:00		Water & Refuse Disposal (new sanitary station) pump out shortly ?
	1:05	1:10		Idle Swing Bridge (213)
	1:20	1:30		Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)
	1:40	2:10	2:25	Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase) + Weed Hatch
	2:40	2:45		Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)
	3:05	3:15		Oddies Swing Bridge (210)
	3:20	3:30		Dock Swing Bridge (209)
	3:40			Moored in Shipley (visitor moorings)	6:10	75:15

Sunday	4:30		Left Shipley Mooring
22-06-03	4:40		Apollo
	4:45		Ashley Lane Moorings
	4:50		Saltaire
	5:05	5:30	Hirst Lock
	5:45	6:35	Dowley Gap Locks (2)
	6:40		FISHERMAN's PUB (Bob)
	6:50	6:55	Restricted Channel - Piling
	7:00		Moored at bottom of Bingley 3 Rise Locks	2:30	77:45
Monday	10:25	10:55	Bingley 3-Rise Locks (assisted by BW 'Derek')
24-06-03	11:00	11:40	Bingley 5-Rise Locks (assisted by BW 'Andrew')
	11:45		Moored at top of Bingley 5-Rise Locks	1:20	79:05
RYSHWORTH CLUB LTD Crossflatts - Opposite Royal Pub - Leeds / Skipton Road Boaters made Very Welcome Ryshworth Jazz Club Mal Webb's Famous New Orleans Jazz Band New Orleans Jazz, Ragtime Blues & Stomps Monday Evenings

Friday	11:15		Left Top of Bingley 5 Rise Locks
27/06/03	11:25	11:35	Micklethwaite Swing Bridge (199) S (manual barriers)
	11:45	11:55	Morton Swing Bridge (198A) S
	12:30	12:35	Granby Swing Bridge (197A) S
	12:40		PUFFER PARTS (now moved ?)
	12:55	1:00	Stockbridge Swing Bridge (197) S
	1:10	1:15	Leache's Swing Bridge (196)
	1:40		Booth's Swing Bridge (195) - now 4 boats !
Click here for pictures of narrowboat Housemartin
			Holden Swing Bridge (193) farm - open
	2:05	2:15	Brunthwaite Swing Bridge (192)
	2:35		Silsden & Silsden Boats
	2:50		Cowling swing Bridge (191)
	2:55		Woodside Swing Bridge (190) farm - open
	3:00		Lanehouse Swing Bridge (189)
	3:05		Grange Swing Bridge (188)
	3:15		Warehouse Swing Bridge (187) S (barriers only)
	3:25		Redman Swing Bridge (185)
			Kildwick
			Milking Hill Swing Bridge (184)
			Hamblethorpe Swing Bridge (183)
	4:10		Bradley Swing Bridge (182A) Now Hydraulic !
			Snaygill Boats - Bridge 182
			Snaygill Swing Bridge (181)
	5:05		Moored at SKIPTON	5:50	84:55
29-06-03		Diesel & Gas from Pennine Cruisers (Ian)
Skipton W.M.C. Makes Visitors Very Welcome Artistes & Bingo Saturday Nights (directly opposite bus station - press the intercom button to gain entry)

Thursday	2:50			Left SKIPTON Mooring
03/07/03	2:55			Springs Branch
	3:00	3:05		Brewery Swing Bridge (177)
	3:10	3:15	3:20	Water + Gawflat Swing Bridge (176)
	3:30			Mick & Maggie's (not in) N.B. Gill Thorn
	3:35			Bypass Road Bridge
	3:40	3:45		Niffany Swing Bridge (175)
	3:55			A59 Road Bridge
	4:10	4:15		Thorlby Swing Bridge (174)
	4:30	4:40		Highgate Swing Bridge (173)
	4:50	5:20		Holme Bridge Lock
	5:30	6:00		Eshton Road Lock
	6:05	6:30		Higherland Lock
	6:35			Moored at GARGRAVE	3:45	88:40
Click Here for Skipton to Foulridge Pictures
Saturday	12:15			Left GARGRAVE Mooring
05-07-03	12:25	12:40		Anchor Lock
	12:45	01:15		Scarland Lock
	01:20	01:40		Stegneck Lock
	01:50	02:40	04:25	Coffee break + Bank Newton Lock Flight (6) Assisted by lock-keeper Steve & family Plus German visitor friends
	05:25	Moored at East Marton or the Cross Keys Pub
Sunday	12:15			Left East Marton Mooring
06-07-03	01:05	02:15		Greenberfield Locks (3)
	02:45			Lower Park Marina
	03:05			Moored at SALTERFORTH (Anchor Pub)
				Click Here for Pictures - Pub, History & Cellar
Monday	10:30			Left SALTERFORTH Moorings
07-07-03	10:50	Yorkshire / Lancashire Border - Between Bridges 150 / 149
				FOULRIDGE
	Click Here for Foulridge to Rufford Branch Pictures
	11:08	11:30		Foulridge Tunnel
	12:00	02:05		Barrowford Lock Flight (7) DOWN !!
				NELSON
				Brierfield (lunch between bridges 136/137)
				BURNLEY (Embankment)
	05:45			Inn on the Wharf
	06:30			Wind at Gannow Tunnel
	07:05			Moored at the 'Inn on the Wharf' - Good pub - good meal !!
				Also a Wetherspoons Pub close by (down Manchester Road)
Tuesday	11:00			Left the 'Inn on the Wharf' Mooring
08-07-03	11:30	11:50		Gannow Tunnel
	12:30	Moored at BW Burnley Yard (Rosegrove Lane) Nr Rosegrove Station
		Excellent New Facilities - Toilets, Showers, Pump Out Manager Mark - Tel: (01282) 456 978
Recommend the 'Railway' pub - we were made very welcome, also at Rosegrove Unity W.M.C. - Tel: (01282) 422 623 Bingo every Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday Open The Box Sunday Nights Live Entertainment Every Weekend Right from gates, past 'Railway' & 'Union' pubs & 'Railway Sports & Social Club' Left at main road (past Rosegrove Railway Station). 'Union' WMC is 'diagonally opposite' at traffic lights (about 10 minutes walk) Also recommended: A warm welcome awaits you at: The 'Tara' Asian Takeaway (award winning chef 2001) Tel: (01282) 422 774 - Free delivery on orders over £ 8:00 - 3 mile radius Orders under £ 8:00 may be charged a small fee (please ask for details). Open 7 days / week 4:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Tuesday	12:40			Left Rosegrove BW Yard
22-07-03	01:15	02:05		Stop between bridge 124 (motorway) & 123 (knotts bridge)
				Gearbox failure ?
	04:45			Left Knotts Bridge (very slow with towpath line !)
	05:30			Moored at Hapton (opposite boatyard)
		Recommend the 'Railway' Pub for a very friendly local atmosphere Can YOU locate the FIRST ELECTRIC STREET LAMP IN ENGLAND ??
Hapton Boat Yard have no spare moorings or hard standing & could not offer suitable facilities for repairs
Friday		Moved boat to 'alpha enviro-tanks Ltd' (adjacent to canal & bridge 121)
25/07/03		Obtained a second hand gearbox from Blue Water Marina (Thorne, Nr Doncaster)
Saturday		Paul & I removed gearbox - drive plate also in VERY POOR condition
26-07-03
Monday		Telephone 'Call Assist' (James) 11:05 am (01206) 771771 - some contacts obtained
28-07-03		Took drive plate to PRESTON (Thornycroft / AMC) - Mike & Shaun
		No suitable drive plate in stock - new drive plate ORDERED

Saturday	02-08-03	Paul & I fitted new drive plate - then engine not turning !
Sunday	03-08-03	Geoff & I fitted spacing washers between gearbox & engine - temporary cure
Monday	5:40	Left Hapton Mooring
04-08-03	6:15	Moored at BW Burnley Yard (Rosegrove Lane) Nr Rosegrove Station
		Excellent New Facilities - Toilets, Showers, Pump Out Manager Mark - Tel: (01282) 456 978
Recommend the 'Railway' pub - we were made very welcome, also at Rosegrove Unity W.M.C. - Tel: (01282) 422 623 Bingo every Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday Open The Box Sunday Nights Live Entertainment Every Weekend Right from gates, past 'Railway' & 'Union' pubs & 'Railway Sports & Social Club' Left at main road (past Rosegrove Railway Station). 'Union' WMC is 'diagonally opposite' at traffic lights (about 10 minutes walk) Also recommended: A warm welcome awaits you at: The 'Tara' Asian Takeaway (award winning chef 2001) Tel: (01282) 422 774 - Free delivery on orders over £ 8:00 - 3 mile radius Orders under £ 8:00 may be charged a small fee (please ask for details). Open 7 days / week 4:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Click Here for Foulridge to Rufford Branch Pictures
Tuesday	11:30			Left Rosegrove BW Yard
05-08-03	11:50	12:00		Gannow Tunnel
	12:20			Moored at the 'Inn on the Wharf' - Good pub - good meal !!
				Also a Wetherspoons Pub close by (down Manchester Road) The Brun Lea
Wednesday	11:10			Left 'Inn on the Wharf' mooring
06-08-03	11:15	11:30		BURNLEY (Embankment)
	11:50	12:20		Remove weed from weed hatch
				Brierfield
				NELSON
	01:00	03:15		Barden Mill Shop - Remove Weed + Meal & Shop
	04:40	07:10		Barrowford Lock Flight (7) UP !!
	07:30	07:50		Foulridge Tunnel
	08:00			FOULRIDGE
Click Here for Foulridge to Skipton Pictures
		Yorkshire / Lancashire Border - Between Bridges 14950 / 150
	08:45			Moored at SALTERFORTH (Anchor Pub)
				John in hospital - Mark in Charge of pub !
				Click Here for Pictures - Pub, History & Cellar
Wednesday	12:35			Left SALTERFORTH Moorings
07/08/03	12:45	01:15		Lower Park Marina (mobile phone unblocked)
	01:50	02:40		Greenberfield Locks (3) DOWN !!
	03:20			Moored at East Marton or the Cross Keys Pub
Friday	10:00			Left East Marton Mooring
08-08-03	10:50	12:15		Bank Newton Lock Flight (6)
	12:25	01:05		Stegneck Lock (Allow 2 Narrowboats to pass)
	01:10	01:20		Scarland Lock (Assisted by Lock Keeper)
	01:25	01:35		Anchor Lock (Assisted by Lock Keeper)
				GARGRAVE
	01:45	01:55		Higherland Lock (Assisted by Lock Keeper)
	02:00	02:10		Eshton Road Lock (Assisted by Lock Keeper)
	02:20	02:40	03:15	Holme Bridge Lock + Sandwich etc !
	03:30	03:35		Highgate Swing Bridge (173)
	03:55	04:00		Thorlby Swing Bridge (174)
	04:10			A59 Road Bridge
	04:20	04:25		Niffany Swing Bridge (175)
	04:30			Skipton Bypass Road Bridge
	04:32			Mick & Maggies - Narrowboat Gill Thorn (not in)
	04:45	04:50	05:30	Gawflat Swing Bridge (176) + Water etc.
	05:35			Brewery Swing Bridge (177) - opened by another boater
	05:40			Moored opposite Springs Branch
09-08-03		Diesel & Gas from Pennine Cruisers (Ian)

Monday	12:00		Left SKIPTON Mooring
11-08-03	12:10	12:25	Water, Refuse, etc.
	12:55	01:00	Snaygill Swing Bridge (181)
	01:05	01:10	Snaygill Boats - Bridge 182 - Dredging
	01:30		Bradley Swing Bridge (182A) Now Hydraulic !
		04:15	Power Failure due to Thunder Storm !
	04:25	04:35	Hamblethorpe Swing Bridge (183)
			Milking Hill Swing Bridge (184)
			Kildwick
			Redman Swing Bridge (185)
			Warehouse Swing Bridge (187) S (barriers only)
			Grange Swing Bridge (188)
			Lanehouse Swing Bridge (189)
			Woodside Swing Bridge (190) farm - open
			Cowling swing Bridge (191)
	06:15		Silsden & Silsden Boats
			Brunthwaite Swing Bridge (192)
			Holden Swing Bridge (193) farm - open
	07:00	07:15	Booth's Swing Bridge (195)
			Leache's Swing Bridge (196)
			Meal Break
			Stockbridge Swing Bridge (197) S
	08:45		Moored by PUFFER PARTS (opposite house)
Tuesday	12:00	12:05	Granby Swing Bridge (197A) S
12-08-03	12:35	12:40	Morton Swing Bridge (198A) S
	12:50	01:05	Micklethwaite Swing Bridge (199) S (manual barriers)
	01:15		Top of Bingley 5 Rise Locks
Ryshworth Jazz Club Mal Webb's Famous New Orleans Jazz Band New Orleans Jazz, Ragtime Blues & Stomps Monday Evenings
	01:35	02:05	Bingley 5-Rise Locks (assisted by BW 'Barry & Derek)
	02:10		Top of Bingley 3-Rise Locks
	02:30	03:00	Bingley 3-Rise Locks (assisted by BW 'Andrew')
	03:15		FISHERMAN's PUB (Bob)
	03:20	04:20	Dowley Gap Locks (2)
	04:35	05:00	Hirst Lock
	05:10		Saltaire
	05:20	05:55	Ashley Lane Moorings !!!!
	06:00		Apollo
	06:05		Moored at the Bull Pub Shipley

Wednesday	11:35		Left Shipley Mooring
14-08-03	11:40	11:50	Dock Swing Bridge (209)
	11:55	12:05	Oddies Swing Bridge (210)
	12:20	12:30	Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)
	12:40	01:05	Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase) + Weed Hatch
	01:15	01:30	Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)
	01:40		Idle Swing Bridge (213) - operated by other boater
			Water & Refuse Disposal (new sanitary station) pump out shortly ?
	01:45	02:10	Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge
	02:15	02:20	Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers
	02:25		Apperley Bridge Marina
	02:30		Swiftcraft Moorings
	03:00	03:05	Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - open
	03:15	03:20	Owl Swing Bridge (216)
	03:25		Moored in Rodley

Recommend 'The Railway' - for Good Ale & Food
or Try the 'Owl', the 'Rodley Barge' or 'The Crown'
Good Fish Shop, Pizza & Chinese Takeaway
The 'Rodley Social Club' make Visitors Very Welcome (next to 'The Crown' - towards Leeds) Tel: (0113) 2 561 719 mandickator@aol.com ? (to be confirmed !)
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Friday	10:20			Left Rodley Mooring
15-08-03	10:25	10:35		Swing Bridge + Rodley Barge Pub
	10:45	10:50		Moss Swing Bridge
	11:00	11:05		Ross Mill Swing Bridge
	11:10	11:15		Fallwood Marina
	11:20	11:55		Newlay Lock Staircase (3)
	12:05	12:30	12:55	Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3) - boats UP first
	01:05	01:25		Kirkstall Lock
	01:50	01:55		Kirkstall Marina
	02:00			Armley Mills Museum (Bridge 225)
	02:10	02:25		Spring Garden Lock
	02:35	02:50		Oddy Locks (2)
	03:00	03:30		St Anne Ings Lock
	03:40	04:10		Water + Office Lock
	04:15			Moored at Granary Wharf
Recommend 'The Grove' - for Good Ale & Food

Sunday	10:40		Left Leeds Mooring
17-08-03	10:45	11-10	River Lock (Paul & Karen's Boat 'Dignity' down + Cruiser up frst)
AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
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	11-20	11-30	Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin
	11-45		Knostrop Flood Lock
	11-55	12:00	Knostrop Lock
	12-05		Thwaite Mill Museum
	12-35	12-55	Fishpond Lock
	01-05	01-20	Woodlesford Lock
	01-35	02-05	Lemonroyd Basin & Lock
	02-35		The Boat Pub
	02-50		Castleford Flood Lock
	03-00	03-05	Bulholme Lock
	03-40		Rail Bridge
	03:50		Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station
	03-55		Brotherton
	04-10	05-00	Ferrybridge Flood Lock (Meal)
	05-20		Knottingley Junction
	05-35		Kellingley Colliery
	06-05		Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal
	06-15	06-25	Whitley Lock
	06-45		Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)
			Pollington Bridge
	07-15	07-40	Pollington Lock (cruiser up first)
	07-45		Moored at Bottom of Pollington Lock
			Kings Head - John & Pat Hart 01405) 861 507 / 07885 360 390

Monday	10-15			Left Pollington Mooring
18-08-03
SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
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	10-50			New Junction Canal
	11-05	11-15		Sykehouse Lift Bridge (Moored for Tea Break !)
	11-25	11-30		Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
	11-35	01-25		Prop Shaft came out of clamp coupling !!
	01-25	01-40	Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge (shared with Sobriety &others)
	02-15			Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (shared)
	02-25			Top Lane Lift Bridge (shared)
	02-35			Low Lane Swing Bridge (shared)
	02-45			Don Aqueduct
	02-50			Bramwith Junction (End of New Junction Canal)
	02-55	03-20		Bramwith Lock
	03-25	03-35		Bramwith Swing Bridge
	03-55			Stainforth (New Inn)
	04-30			M18 Bridge
	04-45	05-45	06-05	Meal + Thorne Lock & Swing Bridge
	06-20			Moored at Blue Water Marina
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Thursday	11:00			Left Blue Water Marina		5.67
25-09-03	11:15	11:30		Thorne Lock & Bridge
	11:45			M18 Bridge
	12:15			Stainforth (New Inn) - Narrowboat Polestar
	12:40	12:50		Bramwith Swing Bridge (Hose Boat Down !)
	1:00	1:15	Bramwith Lock & Moorings Shared with N/B Lady Pamela - Nev & Jean
	1:20			Bramwith Junction (New Junction Canal)
	1:25			Don Aqueduct
	1:30			Low Lane Swing Bridge
	1:35			Top Lane Lift bridge (Dalmations & Horses)
	1:50			Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
	2:15	2:30		Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge
	2:35	2:40		Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
	2:50			Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge
	3:00			Went Aqueduct
	3:05			New Junction End (Southfield Reservoir)
AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
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	3:35			Meal at Pollington Moorings
				Kings Head - John & Pat Hart 01405) 861 507 / 07885 360 390
	4:25			Left Pollington Mooring & Lady Pamela - Nev & Jean
	4:30	4:40		Pollington Lock
				Pollington Bridge
	5:10			Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)
	5:30	5:45		Whitley Lock
				Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal
	6:45			Knottingley Junction
	7:10			Moored at Ferrybridge - met John - N/B Shirefolk	8.01	13.68

Friday	9:15	Left Ferrybridge Flood Lock Moorings with N/B Shire Folk				13.68
26/09/03	9:40			Knottingley Junction
				Kellingley Colliery
Passed Sand & Gravel Barges: Gladys Lilian, Rigsby, Cordale, Jolly Miner + Eskdale moored at Whitley Lock
				Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge)
	10:55	11:05		Whitley Lock
				Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)
				Pollington Bridge
	12:15	12:30		Pollington Lock
				Kings Head - John & Pat Hart 01405) 861 507 / 07885 360 390
SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
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	1:10			New Junction Canal
	1:20			Went Aqueduct
	1:30	1:40		Sykehouse Lift Bridge
	1:50			Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
	2:00	2:15	Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge - following bridges operated by John
	2:45			Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge
	3:00			Top Lane Lift Bridge
	3:05	3:15		Low Lane Swing Bridge picked John up + dogs
	3:20			Don Aqueduct
	3:25			Bramwith Junction (End of New Junction Canal)
	3:30	3:50		Bramwith Lock
	3:55			Bramwith Swing Bridge (operated by other boat)
				Stainforth (New Inn) - Narrowboat Polestar
	5:00			M18 Bridge
	5:15	5:35		Thorne Lock & Swing Bridge
	5:50			Moored at Blue Water Marina	9.50	23.18
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Test Cruises for New Engine & Gearbox - Fitted by Ken Davies
Tuesday 09-09-03	1:00	2:00	Cruise from Blue Water Marina to Wykewell Lift Bridge, wind & cruise to Thorne Lock Wind & Moor at Thorne Finger Moorings	1.05	2.99
Wednesday 10-09-03			Thorne Mooring to Thorne Lock, Back to Wykewell Swing Bridge, Wind & Back to Blue Water Marina	2.99	3.93
Tuesday 16-09-03	3:00	3:20	Blue Water Marina to Thorne Moorings Painting - Hull, Gas Lockers, etc.	4.22	4.59
Wednesday 17-09-03	3:30	3:50	Thorne Mooring to Blue Water Marina	5.26	5.59