Boat Cruising Log -  Castaway -  2004 / 2005

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SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION

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Monday 11:00    

Left Blue Water Marina

   37
07-06-04 11:30     Moored in Thorne 1 38
Tuesday 10:30     Left Thorne Mooring   43
08-06-04 10:35 11:00   Thorne Lock & Bridge    
  11:10     M18 Bridge    
  11:40     New Inn   (Stainforth)    
  12:10 12:15   Bramwith Swing Bridge    
  12:20 12:40   Bramwith Lock & Moorings
  12:45     Bramwith Junction  (New Junction Canal)    
  12:50     Don Aqueduct    
  12:55 1:05   Low Lane Swing Bridge    
  1:10     Top Lane Lift bridge  (Dalmations & Horses)    
  1:20 1:25   Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
  1:50 2:00   Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge    
  2:05     Kirk Lane Swing Bridge    
  2:15 2:20   Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge    
  2:40     New Junction End     (Southfield Reservoir)    

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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  3:05 3:20   Pollington Lock  (5 Boats inc Victoria  Plumb & Buccaneer for York)
        Pollington Bridge    
  3:45     Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)  
  4:10 4:20   Whitley Lock  (5 Boats inc Victoria  Plumb & Buccaneer for York)
        Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal    
  5:20 5:30   Knottingley Junction  -  Moored to wait for Commercial Craft

 

        DB Marine  
  5:50 6:30   Moored at Ferrybridge for meal    
  6:30     Ferrybridge Flood Lock  (open)    
        Brotherton    
        Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station    
        Rail Bridge    
  7:45 8:05   Bulholme Lock    
  8:15     Moored in Castleford Basin 9.75 53
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

 

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Friday 5:55     Left Castleford Mooring   54
11-06-04 6:00     Castleford Flood Lock    
        The Boat Pub    
  6:50 7:30   Lemonroyd Lock (& check weed hatch)    
  7:50 8:00   Woodlesford Lock    
  8:05     Moored at top of Woodlesford Lock 2 56
Saturday 9:40     Left Woodlesford Mooring   56
12-06-04 10:00 10:25   Fishpond Lock    
        Thwaite Mill Museum    
  11:00 11:20   Knostrop Lock    
  11:25     Knostrop Flood Lock    
  11:40 12:00 12:10 Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin    
LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL
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  12:35 12:40   River Lock    
  12:45     Moored in Granary Wharf Basin 3 59

 

Recommend  'The Grove'  -  for Good Ale & Food
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Monday 10:30     Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring   63
14-06-04 10:35 10:55 11:40 Office Lock + Water    
  11:50 12:10   St Anne Ings Lock    
  12:30 1:05   Oddy Locks (2)    
  1:10 1:30   Spring Garden Lock    
        Armley Mills Museum    
        Kirkstall Marina    
  1:40 2:40   Meal    
  3:15 3:35   Kirkstall Lock    
  3:45 4:10   Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3)    
  4:20 4:45   Newlay Lock Staircase (3)    
  5:00 5:10   Swing Bridge    
  5:25 5:40   Swing Bridge    
  5:50 6:00   Rodley Barge Pub + Swing Bridge    
  6:10     Moored in Rodley near Railway Pub 6 69
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 !)
Tuesday 1:55     Left Rodley Mooring   69
15-06-04 2:00 2:05   Owl Swing Bridge (216)    
  2:15 2:20   Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - COWS !!    
        Swiftcraft Moorings    
        Apperley Bridge Marina    
  3:00 3:10   Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers  
  3:15 4:10   Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge    
        Water & Refuse Disposal - Sanitary Station & Pump Out
  4:15 4:20   Idle Swing Bridge (213)    
  4:30 4:40   Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)    
  4:50 5:45   Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase) + Weed Hatch    
  6:00 6:10   Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)    
  6:35 6:45   Oddies Swing Bridge (210)    
  6:50 7:00   Dock Swing Bridge (209)    
  7:15     Moored in Shipley (visitor moorings) 6 75

 

Saturday 1:30     Left Shipley moorings   78
19-06-04 1:40 1:50   Dock Swing Bridge (209) - one barrier broken !    
  2:00 2:05   Oddies Swing Bridge (210)    
  2:25 2:35   Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)    
  2:50 3:15   Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase)    
  3:25 3:35   Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)    
  3:45 3:55   Idle Swing Bridge (213)    
  4:00 4:10   Water & Refuse Disposal - Sanitary Station & Pump Out
  4:10 4:45   Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge    
  4:50 5:05   Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers  
June injured her back when 'lifting' road barrier to 'slot home'
        Apperley Bridge Marina    
  5:15 5:55   Weed hatch cleared  +  coffee    
        Swiftcraft Moorings    
  6:25     Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - COWS !!    
  6:35 6:50   Owl Swing Bridge (216)    
  7:00     Rodley Mooring near Railway Pub 5 83
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 !)
Monday   On own  -  June's back still bad from Millman's swing bridge 
21-06-04 9.05     Left Rodley mooring near Railway Pub   84
  9:10 9:20   Swing Bridge  (assisted by local gent)   + Rodley Barge Pub  
  9:30 9:45   Swing Bridge    
  10:00 10:20   Swing Bridge    
  10:35 11:05   Newlay Lock Staircase (3) - assisted by BW    
  11:15 11:30   Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3) - assisted by BW    
  11:40 12:00   Kirkstall Lock    
        Kirkstall Marina    
  12:40     Armley Mills Museum    
  1:00 1:20   Spring Garden Lock    
  1:25 2:10   Meal    
  2:10 2:50   Oddy Locks (2)    
  2:55 3:25   St Anne Ings Lock    
  3:35 4:00 4:20 Water + Office Lock    
  4:30     Moored in Granary Wharf Basin 6 90
Recommend  'The Grove'  -  for Good Ale & Food
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Wednesday       Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring   92
23-06-04       River Lock    

 

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
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        River Lock to New Junction Canal    
for info see:   river lock to castleford  (26/08/04)   and   castleford to new junction canal (29/08/04)
        Moored at start of New Junction Canal 9 101

 

SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
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Click here for 'The Victoria' - Thorne
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Thursday       New Junction Canal to Thorne Finger Moorings    
24-06-04 for info see:     new junction canal to thorne (29/08/04)
Friday       Thorne Finger Moorings to Blue Water Marina   106
25-06-04           106
Tuesday 6:10    

Left Blue Water Marina

   122.5
03-08-04 6:30     Moored in Thorne 0.5 123.0
Wednesday 2:15     Left Thorne Mooring    
04-08-04 2:20 2:40   Thorne Lock & Bridge    
        M18 Bridge    
        New Inn   (Stainforth)    
  3:40 3:50   Bramwith Swing Bridge    
  3:55 4:10   Bramwith Lock & Moorings
  4:15     Bramwith Junction  (New Junction Canal)    
        Don Aqueduct    
        Low Lane Swing Bridge    
        Top Lane Lift bridge  (Dalmations & Horses)    
        Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
        Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge    
        Kirk Lane Swing Bridge    
        Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge    
  6:15     New Junction End     (Southfield Reservoir)    

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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  6:45     Moored below Pollington Lock 5 128
Thursday 9:50     Left Pollington Mooring    
05-08-04 9:55 10:15   Pollington Lock  (shared)    
        Pollington Bridge    
        Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)  
  11:55 11:25   Whitley Lock  (shared)
        Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge)    
  12:15     Knottingley Junction

 

        DB Marine  
12:30 1:35     Moored at Ferrybridge - Met Wendy & David    
1:35       Ferrybridge Flood Lock  (open)    
        Brotherton    
        Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station    
        Rail Bridge    
        Bulholme Lock    
        Moored in Castleford Basin 4 132
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

 

 

Sunday       Left Castleford Mooring   133.30
08-08-04       Methley Boat Yard    
        Lafarge Wharf & Fairies Hill Moorings    
        Woodnook Lock    
        Kings Road Lock    
        Birkwood Lock    
        Old & New Aqueducts    
        Moored at Stanley Ferry  (Mill House) 2.40 135.70
Heavy River Floods - Barge LITTLEBECK set adrift (Tuesday am ?)
Sunday 1:40     Left Stanley Ferry Mooring  (Mill House)   140.69
15-08-04 1:45     Old & New Aqueducts    
  1:55 2:10   Birkwood Lock    
  2:25 2:40   Kings Road Lock    
  3:00 3:15 3:30 Woodnook Lock  (4 boats UP)    
        Lafarge Wharf & Fairies Hill Moorings    
        Lafarge Wharf & Fairies Hill Moorings    
        Methley Boat Yard    
  3:55     Castleford Flood Lock    
  4:05     Moored in Castleford 2.66 143.35

 

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Wednesday 1:10     Left Castleford Mooring   147.48
18/08/04       Castleford Flood Lock    
        The Boat Pub    
  2:00 2:35   Lemonroyd Lock  Lock Keeper - only 1 top sluice    
        Shared to Knostrop with Widebeam (Robin ?)    
  3:00 3:10   Woodlesford Lock    
  3:00 3:10   Woodlesford Lock    
  3:30 3:40   Fishpond Lock    
  4:10     Thwaite Mill Museum    
  4:15 4:30   Knostrop Lock    
  4:45     Knostrop Flood Lock    
  5:00 6:40   Pontoons for Water, etc    
  6:40 7:00   Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin    
LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL
Click here for information on Leeds Liverpool Canal Locks
Recommend  'The Grove'  -  for Good Ale & Food
Click Here for Leeds to Rodley Pictures
  7:15 7:30   River Lock    
  7:40     Moored in Granary Wharf Basin 5.27 152.75
Met Steve (Kingfisher) and Michael (John & Irene's son)
Thursday 2:50     Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring   161.78
26-08-04 3:00 3:05   River Lock   (lock keepers on duty)    

 

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3:15 3:35     Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin    
3:40       Knostrop Flood Lock    
3:50 4:10     Knostrop Lock    
4:15       Thwaite Mill Museum    
4:50 5:08     Fishpond Lock    
5:20 5:30     Woodlesford Lock    
5:50 6:05 6:15   Lemonroyd Lock  - only 1 top sluice (wait for boats up)  
6:50       The Boat Pub    
7:00 7:30 7:45   Castleford Flood Lock  (Meal then self pen through lock)  
7:50       Moored in Castleford Basin 4:30 166.28

 

Very bad car accident (through bridge at Castleford Basin)
about 2:15 am Sunday Morning  (assisted with boat 2:45am to 3:45am)

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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Sunday 10:30     Left Castleford Basin Mooring   169.5
29/08/04 10:40 10:50   Bulholme Lock - shared with N.B. 'Ellie Mae' (Dewsbury)  
  11:20     Rail Bridge    
  11:25     New Road Bridge    
  11:30     Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station    
  11:40     Brotherton    
  11:45 11:55   Ferrybridge Flood Lock  (penned by 'Ellie Mae')  
        DB Marine  
        Knottingley Junction
  1:00 2:20   Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) 'BRUNCH'    
  2:30 2:45   Whitley Lock
  3:00     Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)  
        Pollington Bridge    
  3:30 3:50   Pollington Lock

SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
  4:20     New Junction Start     (Southfield Reservoir)    
  4:35 4:40   Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge    
  4:50 4:55   Kirk Lane Swing Bridgem    ('Joe' Son from Lock House)  
  5:00 5:30   Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge   ('Joe' Son from Lock House)
  5:55     Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
  6:05 6:10   Top Lane Lift bridge  (Dalmations & Horses)    
  6:15     Low Lane Swing Bridge    
  6:20     Don Aqueduct    
  6:25     Bramwith Junction  (New Junction Canal)    
  6:30 7:00   Bramwith Lock & Moorings  (Kingfisher Steve & Claire)
  7:15     Bramwith Swing Bridge    
  7:40     Moored at New Inn   (Stainforth) 8 177.59
        Anniversary with Kareoke
Monday 11:00     Left New Inn mooring (Stainforth)   177.59
30/08/04 11:30     M18 Bridge    
  11:35 11:40   Thorne Lock & Bridge  (keeper on duty)    
        Thorne Moorings    
  12:00    

Moored at Blue Water Marina

 1.15 178.74

 

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