26 April
Took over Musn Grumble with out first boat instruction from Martyn
and moored at Victoria Quays. The journey has definitely started.
Canal Street moorings
27 April – Helmsman’s Course
Helmsman’s Course with Paul was an excellent course but man
can he talk. Paul is a hive of information and we certainly have come away with
a lot of knowledge. We spent all day on water going up and down locks. We now
both hold RYA Inland Waterways Helmsman’s Certificate with our photo’s on them
and valid for life. It was a busy day.
28 April – Victoria Quay to Eastwood Lock
Start of a big day we left Victoria Quay, filled water up in
Martyn’s yard and off to Tinsley Flight.
We meet Dave at 9am the lock keeper - you have to book to go through the Tinsley Flights. Vicki and Dave soon got into a system with winding and closing locks and by 11.30am we were 11 locks down. We then were transferred to Nigel for the last 4 locks completed by 1pm. We stopped for soup in the heart of Rotherham at 1.30, then pushed on to Eastwood for Lock to stay the night stopping at 3pm. Absolutely buggered.
Didn't have time to take any more photos after these - A HUGE DAY !!!
We meet Dave at 9am the lock keeper - you have to book to go through the Tinsley Flights. Vicki and Dave soon got into a system with winding and closing locks and by 11.30am we were 11 locks down. We then were transferred to Nigel for the last 4 locks completed by 1pm. We stopped for soup in the heart of Rotherham at 1.30, then pushed on to Eastwood for Lock to stay the night stopping at 3pm. Absolutely buggered.
TOTAL - 7 miles and 15 locks - winding
29 April – Rotherham to Sprotborough
Automated hydraulic locks – definitely more my
scene – I love them.
We started off at 8.30 after a talking to our Clara.
We started off at 8.30 after a talking to our Clara.
The country side improved all the time as we came further
out of the industrial area.
The day ran smoothly, though had to stop at Sprotborough
as we had blown fuse trying to do the washing and had to wait for Martyn to turn up with fuses.
We arrived at Sprotborough at 1pm and straight across the canal was the Boat Inn - oh dear how sad :-) An excellent lunch - I had a great fish pie and Pete had bangers and mash – we rate it an 8 out of 10.
We arrived at Sprotborough at 1pm and straight across the canal was the Boat Inn - oh dear how sad :-) An excellent lunch - I had a great fish pie and Pete had bangers and mash – we rate it an 8 out of 10.
Fuses fixed by 3pm - start again tomorrow.
TOTAL – 10 miles and 7 locks - automated
30 April - Sprotborough to Went Aquaduct - Aire & Calder New Junction
Departed at 9am heading to Doncaster to sort out our internet problem - now solved have a dongle.
While in Doncaster we were also passed by the Oil Barge
The scenery changed along the way and it was a mixture of a day with locks, swing bridges.
We carried on down the New Junction canal and have ended our day in Went Aquaduct Footbridge. Tomorrow we head towards Woodlesford. Now that we have started to get into a routine we hope to start exploring a bit more of the history in the area we are passing through.
We leave the South Yorkshire Navigation area and move onto the Aire & Calder Navigation.
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