Rodley to Leeds – 26th April 2018
Our walk today started at Rodley, walking east towards Leeds. The weather was dry – a mixture of sun and cloud with a following wind. The wind soon eased as the trees and landscape protected us. We soon came to the Fallwood Marina Continue reading
On Thursday, after a hearty breakfast, our coach (and Daniel) picked us up and calmly conquered the narrow rutted track again to Rillesden. This time we walked eastwards Continue reading
Wednesday’s walk started with a coach pick up from our hotel in Shipley. We were dropped at Booth’s Swing Bridge No.195 near Rillesden after a hairy drive down a narrow road/track. Continue reading
We began today’s walk at Seaforth and Litherland Merseyrail Station and made our way up to the site of the old lift bridge where the sausage factory used to stand. En route we stopped to admire the Beatles and John Lennon murals where Continue reading
David Scott writes: Hello Canal Walkers,
About 10 of our group joined the Architecture for Funner’s on their visit to the NWM at Ellesmere Port on Thursday 8th Feb. It had Continue reading
Haskayne to Melling – 25th January 2018
Today’s walk began with a No. 300 bus ride to Haskayne where we joined the canal to make our way South towards our destination for this leg in Melling. Showers were forecast, but we started off in sunshine. We were serenaded by a frog band on the early part of the walk and we passed the canalside Snaffles Cafe too soon for a tea break. Pity – it has rave reviews. We passed through Continue reading
Heavy rain the night before had caused a road closure due to flooding and we had to detour to reach Gargrave. On this section of the canal, we proceeded through the upper reaches of Airedale, a flat wide valley with the moorland stretching away over the top of the hills. Continue reading
We left from the small car park, and now closed cafe, at Greenberfield Lock in light rain and stepped officially into modern Yorkshire Continue reading
Leeds Liverpool Canal , Greenberfield Lock to Barrowford
Thursday 28th September was another lovely lovely day walking along the Leeds Liverpool Canal. After an hour or so travelling in the mini bus to Thornton in Craven on the edge of Yorkshire we alighted at Greenberfield Lock by bridge 157 at the beginning of the “summit” level of the canal at 498ft above sea level.
We had a mild panic today with sixteen walkers in the car park but no minibus! A quick phone call from David calmed the nerves – the driver was on his way. Rain on the M6 dampened the spirits a bit, but it didn’t last and we arrived at our starting point at the “Weavers’ Triangle” with dry but cloudy weather.