From suevbutler@compuserve.com Sun Aug 29 11:30:02 1999 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:59:11 -0400 From: suevbutler Reply-To: Canals To: Canals Subject: Trip Report - Bingley to Sowerby - Day 6 [ The following text is in the "ISO-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Jemima goes from Bingley to Sowerby Bridge - Day 6 Thursday 24th June 99 Elland - Sowerby Bridge 5 locks, 3 miles, 3 hours Our exertions have caught up with us and we have a long lie-in this morning. But we are eventually on our way, and soon reach Salterhebble. These are locks to cherish. The prettiest and most interesting on the C&H. They have a guillotine gate, a towpath tunnel and a lock cottage to die for! There is an aqueduct and a pretty basin between the locks. But, Salterhebble has a sting in its tail, or at least a stink! We were wondering why so few boats moored there, but were to find out later that it is right by the local sewage works, and the smell can be appalling. We follow the Halifax Arm up to the end. Quite good moorings, but again close to the sewage works, and a modern monstrosity called The Quays. Too late we noticed a better looking pub across the road! This is a pretty little arm, spoilt by notices along one side announcing a charge of 10 quid for stopping overnight! No need to bother, as there are plenty of good moorings to be had, with jetties, on the towpath side! You can see where the canal bed goes on through to Halifax, but it has now been converted into a cyclepath. After taking on refreshments we wind and head for Sowerby Bridge, a pleasant, lock-free hour away. At Sowerby we moor up just along from Shire Cruisers and at long last buy our new hammer and mooring pin, and also take on gas. We are moored next to 'Lydia' and her friendly occupant invites us to join him and other local boaters for a pint in 'The Moorings', a converted warehouse. For those of you who have never visited Sowerby, there are lovely old warehouses all around the basin, in various states of repair. It is a lovely spot, and always delights me when we visit. In The Moorings you can sit by a big window and look out across the basin. We have visited many times by car, but it is a real treat to sit and look at Jemima D and feel part of the scene, rather than just an onlooker! We return to Jemima and Neil works on our bow locker, while I go shopping, and book us in for a meal at Sowerby's famous Thai Restaurant - The Java. The meal there was a real treat. But I was surprised to find it not nearly as busy as last time we visited. Tomorrow we will take a big adventure and tackle Tuel Lane Lock, Day 7 to follow Sue and Neil we on Jemima D --- The UK Waterways Network - http://www.ukwaterways.net/ * bringing the inland waterways community together * You are currently subscribed to canals as: george@adiva.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-canals-407N@ukwaterways.net