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gonboatin
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11/11/2011
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22:21
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Tomorrow in the Library upstairs at 1.00 PM all welcome
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belle
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Posted - 14/11/2011 : 11:23
Oh wish I could have seen that...am hoping to travel the Leeds Liverpool one day, as most of my grandfather's family worked on it, just can't afford the cost of canal boat hire right now..but ti is a dream I am determined to achieve.
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Callunna
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Posted - 14/11/2011 : 12:28
Sorry Gonboatin - had to miss it, due to all the other activities taking place at the time. Hope it went well.
Belle - you could have borrowed ours for a few months - too late now of course. I don't envy anyone travelling the whole 127.25 miles - there are an awful lot of locks to contend with! |
belle
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Posted - 14/11/2011 : 13:21
Think I would be content to do Leeds to Barrowford..kind of from their begining to mine.
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panbiker
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Posted - 14/11/2011 : 14:33
That's just half the locks then Belle.
All downhill from the top length either way!
Uphill of course if you start from Leeds!
Edited by - panbiker on 15/11/2011 23:17:53
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wendyf
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Posted - 16/11/2011 : 08:03
How about walking it instead Belle? Nice level walking, easy access & transport links.......good heavens, we could have OGFB walk & sketch days!
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belle
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Posted - 16/11/2011 : 08:06
Do you know that had crossed my mind Wendy..not sure how far I could walk with my back but it's worth looking at it.
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panbiker
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Posted - 16/11/2011 : 10:17
Although it's flat the cut bank can be very hard going over any distance due to the hard nature of the towpath. As wendy says though, could be done in stages as day trips perhaps. Some lovely countryside to traverse.
Towpath Trecks
Is a good resource for planning excursions such as this and has plans for walkers and cyclists for the whole length of the Leeds - Liverpool.
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Whyperion
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Posted - 20/11/2011 : 22:48
Do I need to have narrowboat to do the journey or can I do it in a rubber dingy or similar ?(Presumably with a couple of torches gaffer taped to the front and rear to get through Foulridge tunnel )
Is the towpath still useable by horses.
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belle
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Posted - 20/11/2011 : 22:56
why perion...you should be renamed..why post!?
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wendyf
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Posted - 21/11/2011 : 08:36
You might be able to tow your dinghy with a horse, but riding on towpaths isn't allowed!
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Callunna
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Posted - 21/11/2011 : 09:18
Dinghies, kayaks, canoes, logs - they're all allowed.
Myself, having been at the the tiller of a 25-ton steel tube which is like steering a bus from the back seat - and having seen many levels of steering competence among other boaters, some of whom were even less accomplished than me - I wouldn't recommend undertaking 127+ miles in a flimsy and very vulnerable vessel... |
Whyperion
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Posted - 23/11/2011 : 00:45
Leeds Liverpool featured on todays BBC1 repeat of Filthy Rotten Scoundrels , mostly around Burnley , ( been mentioned a few times in the series ). Apparently with dumping of rubbish over time the bed of the canal in places , which was around 4 to 6 foot deep originally is now down to 2 foot in parts ( not including any recent dumping of bedsteads etc stickin up into water ).
Earlier query was to find out if there were minimum craft sizes or type of construction that BW imposed on the canal/ ( I come from down South Yorkshire where the Don Navigation is somewhat wider and more scary to use as still commercial boats in use with aggregates/timber and similar in and out of the Humber area )
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belle
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Posted - 23/11/2011 : 01:24
Sorry Whyperion i thought you were taking the mick!
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Leeds Liverpool Canal Film
