Here I am Rune
Distance 4.1 miles
Total 1240 Locks 70 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1758 miles
So once again just another short hop although the reason on
this occasion was ‘rain stopped play’ since it began to rain after we had
stopped for lunch so we decided not to press on. The forecast for tomorrow
however is excellent, broken sunshine and little wind so hopefully we should
make some real progress, at least as far as Gargrave and possibly even to
Skipton.
Didn’t put in a post yesterday since we remained static to
give me chance to go swimming and also went for a short bike ride back to
Foulridge Tunnel (sort of a Duathlon!!). Couple of bits that I’d missed when
travelling along the canal the previous day, first there was a ‘County Border’
sign but when I looked it up on the maps it isn’t really on the county border at
all!
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| County Border sign (not on the county border!!) |
Secondly I noticed that several of the bridges going back to Foulridge
have ‘bridge rollers’ on them. These are vertical rollers against the wall of
the bridge to prevent the towropes of horse-drawn boats wearing away the
stonework of the bridge, interestingly they all still worked!
Where we are
moored at the moment is part of the Pennine Way long distance footpath so a
short walk along the towpath and we can claim to have walked (on) the Pennine
Way.
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