Boat Cruising Log -  Castaway -  2003 / 2004

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SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION

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Tuesday       Diesel  £ 12.50 (paid) Electricity (12604 to pay)    
15-04-03 12:00    

Left Blue Water Marina

   
  12:10     Moored in Thorne (oil leak from new lift pump) 0:10 0:10
Wednesday 12:00     Oil leak cleared - Left Thorne    
16-04-03 12:10 12:20   Thorne Lock & Bridge  (by Ray, Pole Star)    
  12:35     M18 Bridge    
  1:15     New Inn   (Stainforth)    
  1:45 2:00 3:40 Bramwith Swing Bridge  (Hose Boat Down !)    
  3:50 4:05 4:20 Bramwith Lock & Moorings  (Chat about old Motorcycles !)
  4:25     Bramwith Junction  (New Junction Canal)    
  4:30     Don Aqueduct    
  4:50 4:55   Low Lane Swing Bridge    
  5:00 5:05   Top Lane Lift bridge  (Dalmations & Horses)    
  5:15 5:25   Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)  Faulty Bridge - Manned
  5:50 6:15   Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge    
  6:20 6:25   Kirk Lane Swing Bridge    
  6:35 6:40   Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge    
  6:50     New Junction End     (Southfield Reservoir)    

AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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  7:40     Moored at Bottom of Pollington Lock 7:40 7:50
        Kings Head - John & Pat Hart 01405) 861 507   /   07885 360 390
Thursday 10:00     Left Pollington Mooring    
17-04-03 10:10 10:20   Pollington Lock    
  10:25     Pollington Bridge    
  10:55     Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)  
  11:10 11:20   Whitley Lock    
  11:30     Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal    
  12:20     Knottingley Junction    
NORTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
  12:30 1:10 1:45 Meal  +  Bank Dole Lock  
  1:25 1:35   Beal Lock  (Alan + diver checking cills)    
  2:30 2:55   Haddlesey Flood Lock    
        Secluded Mooring  (After Paperhouse Bridge)    
  4:45     Anchor    
  5:00     New Selby Bypass    
  5:05     Brayton Road Bridge    
  5:25 5:40   Swing Bridge + Basin Mooring 7:00 14:50
Joan & Geoffs Selby Taxi   (01757)  212 937    Mobile 07778  225 752
Auto Serve  -  Selby  (01757)  210 137
Wednesday 12:00 12:10   Leave Selby Lock on Flood Tide    
23-04-03       Tidal River Ouse    
  1:25     Cawood Bridge    
  1:35     River Wharfe    
  2:35 2:50   Naburn Lock    
  3:00     Ship (Acaster Malbis)    
  3:15     Naburn Marina    
  3:30     York Marine (Boat Hire)    
  3:35     Bishopthorpe Palace    
  3:45     A64 Road Bridge    
  4:05     New Foot Bridge    
  4:10     River Foss & Skeldergate bridge    
  4:15     Ouse Bridge    
  4:20     Lendal Bridge    
  4:25     Moored at Museum Gardens 4:25 19:15
Another Good Night in York !  -  Check Out York Index ?
Friday   York - Waterline Leisure (Acaster Slip)  Injector Pump Gasket Ordered 1:30 20:45
25-04-03   Waterline Leisure (Acaster Slip) - York 2:00 22:45
Saturday 10:45     Leave Museum Gardens    
26-04-03 10:50     Scarborough Railway Bridge    
  11:00     Clifton Bridge    
  11:30     Road Bridge    
  11:40     Rail Bridges (2)    
  11:45     Nether Poppleton   (No Moorings !)    
  12:20     Barge 'Rachel II' (with covered hold)    
  12:35     Pontoons  (Where is 'Jesse James' ??)  
  12:45     Nun Monkton Pool   (River Nidd from Left)    
  1:10     Dawney Arms Pub    
  1:20 2:00   Linton Lock    
  2:25   Wooden River Ouse / Ure Signpost (Left hand Bank After Red Brick + Other Houses)
  2:45     Aldwark Toll Bridge    
  2:55     Aldwark Village & Footbridge (Golf Course)    
  3:50   Swale Nab  (Ouse to Left - Un-Navigable Swale Ahead)  
  4:30 4:40   Milby Lock    
 

4:50

    Moored at Boroughbridge 6:05 28:50
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Sunday 3:25     Left Boroughbridge Mooring    
27-04-03 3:30     Boroughbridge Marina (Waterline Leisure)    
  3:40     Bypass Road Bridges    
  3:50     Caravan Site & Trip Boat 'Crown Jewel'    
        Larger Trip Boat 'Frivolity' (1993)    
        Richard's boat 'Chimu'    
  4:25 4:50   Westwick Lock    
  5:00     Newby Hall    
  5:20 5:45   Oxclose Lock    
  5:55     Ripon Motor Boat Club    
  6:05 6:30

7:00

Ripon Marina  &  Bell Ferrows Lock    
  7:00 7:30   Rhodesfield Lock    
  7:35     Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)    
  7:45     Moored at Ripon    
Traditional Fish & Chips
10A Bondgate Green  (Close to Ripon Basin & Navigation Pub)  Tel: (01756) 605 128

Opening Hours

Monday

Closed All Day

Tuesday 11:30  -  2:00 4:30  -  7:30
Wednesday 11:30  -  2:00 4:30  -  7:30
Thursday 11:30  -  2:00 4:30  -  7:30
Friday 11:30  -  2:00 4:30  -  8:30
Saturday 11:30  -  2:00 4:30  -  8:30
Sunday

Closed All Day

Tuesday 10:20     Left  Ripon Mooring    
29-04-03 10:25     Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)    
  10:30 11:00   Rhodesfield Lock    
  11:15 11:45   Bell Ferrows Lock & Ripon Marina    
  12:00     Moored in Ripon Marina 1:40 30:30

 

Moving Wide Beam Boat 'Kingfisher' from Ripon to Blue Water Marina  - Check Kingfisher Log

 

Tuesday 8:00 8:30 (pm) Left Ripon Marina  &  Bell Ferrows Lock    
06-05-03 8:35 9:00   Rhodesfield Lock    
  9:05     Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)    
  9:15     Moored at Ripon 1:15 31:45
Thursday 2:15     Left  Ripon Mooring    
08-05-03 2:20     Ripon Sanitary Station (old Basin)    
  2:25 2:55   Rhodesfield Lock    
  3:00 3:30   Bell Ferrows Lock & Ripon Marina    
  3:40     Ripon Motor Boat Club    
  4:00 4:25   Oxclose Lock    
  4:45     Newby Hall    
  4:50 5:00   Westwick Lock    
  5:30     Caravan Site & Trip Boat 'Crown Jewel'    
  5:40     Bypass Road Bridges    
  5:45     Richards Boat  CHIMU    
  5:45     Boroughbridge Marina (Waterline Leisure)    
  5:55     Moored at Boroughbridge 3:40 35:25
Saturday 9:10     Left Boroughbridge Mooring    
10-05-03 9:20 9:40   Milby Lock    
  10:15     Swale Nab  (Un-Navigable Swale from Left)    
  10:55     Aldwark Village & Footbridge (Golf Course)    
  11:05     Aldwark Toll Bridge    
  11:20 Wooden River Ouse / Ure Signpost (Right hand Bank Before White House)
  11:45     Linton Lock Cut    
  11:50

12:50

  Linton Lock  
  1:00     Dawney Arms Pub    
  1:15     Nun Monkton Pool   (River Nidd from Right)    
  1:25     'Jesse James' (Brian ?)    
  1:35     Barge Rachel II  (Sheeted Hold)    
  2:00     Nether Poppleton   (No Moorings !)    
  2:05     Rail Bridges (2)    
  2:15     New Road Bridge    
  2:40     Clifton Bridge    
  2:50     Scarborough Rail Bridge    
  3:00     Moored at Museum Gardens 5:50 41:15
Wednesday 10:15     Leave Museum Gardens    
14-05-03 10:15     Lendal Bridge    
  10:20     Ouse Bridge    
  10:25     Skeldergate bridge & River Foss    
  10:30     New Foot Bridge    
  10:50     A64 Road Bridge    
  11:00     Bishopthorpe Palace    
  11:05     York Marine (Boat Hire)    
  11:10     Old Rail Bridge  (Cycle Track & Walkway)    
  11:15     Naburn Marina    
  11:25     Ship Inn ( Acaster Malbis)    
New Pontoon Moorings - Pub Patrons ONLY - Restaurant Boats Operating !
Call in or telephone for permission & mooring position (01904)  703 888
Castle Line Cruises - York To / From Ship Inn ( Acaster Malbis)  08700 799 799
  11:30 12:20   Waterline Leisure  (Acaster Slip) Diesel + Inj Pump Gasket + Seals
  12:30     Moored at Naburn Lock 1:25 42:40
Tidal River Ouse
Friday 8:55     Left Naburn Mooring   (with Roger Carr)    
16-05-03 9:00 9:15   Naburn Lock  ( Tidal River Ouse )    
  10:30     River Wharfe    
  10:40     Cawood Bridge    
  11:25     Rank Hovis  (Previously  B.O.C.M.)    
  11:35     Selby Road Bridge  (Previous Toll Bridge)    
  11:40     Selby Railway Bridge    
  11:45 12:00   Selby Lock    
  12:05     Moored in Selby Basin 3:10 45:50
Joan & Geoffs Selby Taxi   (01757)  212 937    Mobile 07778  225 752
Auto Serve  -  Selby  (01757)  210 137
Monday 2:40     Leave Selby Basin Moorings + Swing Bridge    
  2:50     Slely Boat Centre  /  Banks Boats    
19-05-03 3:10     Brayton Road Bridge    
  2:15     New Selby Bypass    
  3:05     Rail Bridge    
  3:30     Anchor Pub    
  3:45     Burton Bridge