Marsden

Sunday 13 July 2014 – Marsden, Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Yesterday evening and overnight there was very heavy rain for a few hours.

G&B had visitors again at 08:00 which meant there was assistance with the locks, however we decided to start at 07:30 and ‘do’ the first two locks to make it easier for them to find us (near a car park).  Their first lock was a guillotine lock – “oh that’s nice and easy because they are electric”, but not this one!  It was a manual wind up so once that was complete the others seemed a doddle.  We soon got into a routine with locks being set for us the Graham and I taking the boats in and all the work done by the visitors.  We completed the run of 21 locks in 3 miles by 12:50.  This was followed by a Sunday roast dinner in the Railway.  Excellent food, service and company.  Chats were continued on the boats in the sun then after the trip boats had finished for the day at 17:00 we moved the boats to the ‘Tunnel Convoy’ moorings and topped-up the water tanks ready.  Four boats are scheduled for Monday ‘Priscilla ii’, ‘Ice Breaker’, ‘Georgian Star’ and a Shire Cruiser Hire Boat ‘Hereford’.

The weather started overcast but quickly brightened up and we have had sun for most of the day.