Up the Cut 2007

Six weeks introducing our friends from Oz to the British Canals

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The Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Skipton
Starting up Johnson's Hillock Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal A picturesque wharf in Burnley View from the Burnley Embankment Leeds & Liverpool About to enter Foulridge Tunnel
Beautiful countryside near Salterforth Towpath walkers Leeds & Liverpool short boat Disaster strikes at Bank Newton Locks We saved Arkaroo but not the other boat

Skipton
Busy moorings in Skipton Entrance to Skipton Castle Skipton Castle View over the courtyard of Skipton Castle View from Skipton Castle

Skipton to Wigan Pier
A peaceful mooring on the Leeds and Liverpool ...with orchids by the towpath ...and an ingenious, if precarious, nest site for a moorhen The halfway point on the Leeds & Liverpool Aqueduct over the M65 near Blackburn
An interesting sculpture at Blackburn locks We pass Botany Bay Villages, Blackburn Heading down the Wigan flight of locks - in the pouring rain Arkaroo moored by Wigan Pier ...and wigan Pier itself!

Barton Swing Aqueduct and Manchester
Barton Swing Aqueduct - quite a feat of engineering Crossing over the Barton Swing Aqueduct View of the Manchester Ship Canal from Barton Swing Aqueduct And still it rains! Manchester - Castlefields Basin
A view of Manchester from the Hilton Hotel Castlefields Basin and the Rochdale Canal from the Manchester Hilton Arkaroo moored at Castlefields Heading out from Castlefields Basin An unusual view of the Manchester United ground (Old Trafford)

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