After breakfast at the Wharf café, we made our way to the tunnel for the 11am window. We waited behind a day trip boat for the lights to go green.
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| Red lights at the Foulridge tunnel. |
The tunnel took 20 minutes to get through and we were soon at the top of the Barrowford locks. It was pretty cold up there, with a very chilly wind. We wondered where the predicted heat wave had got to. Our tomatoes are looking marvellous but could just do with a bit of sun to finish them off.
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| Salad on the roof; a basket of leaves and our tomatoes. |
At the top lock we met the lock-keeper, who was just going for his lunch... However, we got down the 7 locks safely on our own and stopped briefly at the bottom to take Scooby for a walk. No lower and without the wind and with the sun making progress against the cloud, the weather was looking good. Robin decided to press on to a mooring he had noted about 4 hours away and on the other side of Burnley. The sun came out and it was a lovely afternoon. The canal is high and winding on this stretch with splendid views.
The sun sparkled and made a silver river of the canal, joyfully disguising the occasional patches of weed and litter.
Robin's mooring turned out to be quite lovely. With 15 miles covered and some welcome sunshine it has turned into a most productive day :)
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| Harold among the hills. |
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| The view from our mooring. |
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