Set off about 9.30 after rain had eased to a light drizzle
and then cleared for day. Was to be a short cruise today with only three locks
through beautiful countryside leaving Yorkshire and moving into Lancashire.
Double arches in East Marton looked beautiful as we left and
cruising through country side was lovely and relaxing with NO SWING BRIDGES.
The Greenberfield locks were no problem at the first two,
unfortunately the third had an upstream ground sluice that would not shut fully
and we could not open the bottom gates. (It’s all about water level). In the
end we refilled and shut paddles and emptied again. BINGO job done. The gates
and sluices get rubbish under them and won’t close 100%. This lock took us an
hour to get through and we all left the boat to help.
That done we moved on to The Anchor Inn in Salterforth and
had a late lunch. Definitely a 9/10 pub lunch
and a few drinks with locals.
HOW LOCKS WORK
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