The Diesel drought finally broke at Snaygill boats on the outskirts of Skipton where we managed to fill the tank just before they closed for the night. A couple of miles further on we moored in the middle of Skipton and ended up eating in the Dog Friendly Narrow Boat Pub.
Leaving Skipton we continued up the flight at Gargrave where we stopped for a lunchtime pint in the Anchor Inn for a lunchtime pint. Eventually we continued up the Bank Newton Flight to an overnight mooring at East Marton and another Dog friendly pub the Cross Keys.
On the Thursday Morning we completed the climb to the summit through Greenberfield locks and stopped at another Anchor Inn for a lunchtime pint. This turned into an extended session so we called it a day and moored up for the night.
On the Friday we completed the last couple of miles to the Northern (eastern?) portal of Foulridge tunnel arriving at 9:15 minutes just too late for a green light, so settled down to a late breakfast while we waited. Nothing came through the tunnel in the opposite direction and we got on our way at 10:00.
A long days cruising saw us mooring overnight at Rishton, where we rescued a young pigeon from under the landing stage. After a night in a warm dry box the pigeon took up residence in the cratch as a make shift aviary and was eventually well enough to fly on its way when we reached Chorley.
On the Saturday we dropped stopped at the Top Lock on the Johnsons Hillock flight where we had an excellent Indian meal in the pub the Top Lock for our last night on the boat.
Sunday morning we dropped down through the Johnsons Hillock flight and the last few miles to White Bear Marina
Andrew from the crew on this trip has posed an extensive collection of pictures on here
Andrew from the crew on this trip has posed an extensive collection of pictures on here
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