FRIDAY. The journey continues. In company with ‘Miss D’Mina’, we left Clarence dock at 7.25am in a light breeze, as Metcheck promised us a strengthening wind from midday. Arriving at river lock, the massive development at Granary Wharf will soon dwarf everything in the area, it would be good if visitor moorings could be included, but then I stopped believing in Father Christmas a long time ago. The hoadings around the site were covered in old photos of the area, which were very good. BW ‘assisted passage’ was in place for the locks up to the Newlay staircase which we cleared with only a couple of very light showers. We passed seven boats on the move, five passed us after we had stopped for the day. Passing through Rodley, we moored before the pipe bridge at Calverley.
We had finished lunch when two narrowboats approached from Bingley direction and moored in front. The leading boat had Mike and Julie that we had met at New Junction in early May. After supper, they joined Duncan, Pauline and the authors for an evening chatting about everything and nothing. Another late night.
Weather two light showers, wind building up after lunchtime.
The 2008 journey thus far: 219 Locks & 332 Miles & 23 Swing\Lift Bridges
Journeys using bus pass: 14
