Here I am Rune
Distance 11.2 miles
Total 2767 Locks 130
Tunnels
Running total mileage 3749.9 miles
As planned, we have arrived in Knottingley fairly comfortably in time since, on the river,
we are travelling faster. I dug out the old SatNav today to see what our actual
speed was and it seems that we are travelling at about 4.2mph (3.6 knots). This
is quite a bit more than on the average canal.
No real dramas today, the only real issue was the amount of
rubbish in Bulholme Lock, some of it being full tree trunks. I really don’t want to catch the propeller
on one of those.
Tomorrow we hope to get to Barnby Dun which will be a
similar distance to that we have travelled today, it does have one of the straightest
pieces of canal on the system, the New Junction Canal which is arrow straight
for 5.5miles, not a lot to do on the tiller for that stretch, which even at our
enhanced speed is still going to take over an hour.
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