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AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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River Lock to New Junction Canal

for info see: river lock to castleford (26/08/04) and castleford to new junction canal (29/08/04)

Moored at start of New Junction Canal

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Day					Daily	Total
Date	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3	Comments	Hours	Hours
SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
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Monday	11:00		Left Blue Water Marina		37
07-06-04	11:30		Moored in Thorne	1	38
Tuesday	10:30		Left Thorne Mooring		43
08-06-04	10:35	11:00	Thorne Lock & Bridge
	11:10		M18 Bridge
	11:40		New Inn (Stainforth)
	12:10	12:15	Bramwith Swing Bridge
	12:20	12:40	Bramwith Lock & Moorings
	12:45		Bramwith Junction (New Junction Canal)
	12:50		Don Aqueduct
	12:55	1:05	Low Lane Swing Bridge
	1:10		Top Lane Lift bridge (Dalmations & Horses)
	1:20	1:25	Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
	1:50	2:00	Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge
	2:05		Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
	2:15	2:20	Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge
	2:40		New Junction End (Southfield Reservoir)
AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
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	3:05	3:20	Pollington Lock (5 Boats inc Victoria Plumb & Buccaneer for York)
			Pollington Bridge
	3:45		Heck Bridge ( Bay Horse Inn & Heck basin / SYCC)
	4:10	4:20	Whitley Lock (5 Boats inc Victoria Plumb & Buccaneer for York)
			Jolly Miller (Whitley Bridge) - Meal
	5:20	5:30	Knottingley Junction - Moored to wait for Commercial Craft

DB Marine

5:50

6:30

Moored at Ferrybridge for meal

6:30

Ferrybridge Flood Lock (open)

Brotherton

Ferry Bridge 'C' Power Station

Rail Bridge

7:45

8:05

Bulholme Lock

8:15

Moored in Castleford Basin

9.75

Griffin Pub - Mick & Sandra
Adjacent to Castleford Moorings
Wednesday: Quiz (9:30pm) / Bingo / Open the Box (Typically £ 100)
Sunday: Quiz (9:30pm) / Bingo / Play Your Cards Right (Typically £ 100)
Trick Coins loaned to John 26/07/00

THE BRITT
Formerly 'The Brittania' and 'Hickson & Welsh' Social Club
4 Minutes from Castleford Moorings (towards Castleford)

Mondays	Collier - Dixon - Line
Tuesdays	Old Time / Sequence Dancing
Wednesdays	Open
Thursdays	Quiz / Bingo / Line Dancing
Fridays	Private / Rugby (Big Screen) / Open to Public
Saturdays	Entertainment / Bingo
Sunday Lunch	Carvery - Soup / Meal (CD)
Sundays	Country & Western

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Friday

5:55

Left Castleford Mooring

11-06-04

6:00

Castleford Flood Lock

The Boat Pub

6:50

7:30

Lemonroyd Lock (& check weed hatch)

7:50

8:00

Woodlesford Lock

8:05

Moored at top of Woodlesford Lock

Saturday

9:40

Left Woodlesford Mooring

12-06-04

10:00

10:25

Fishpond Lock

Thwaite Mill Museum

11:00

11:20

Knostrop Lock

11:25

Knostrop Flood Lock

11:40

12:00

12:10

Leeds Lock & Royal Armouries Museum & Basin

LEEDS - LIVERPOOL CANAL

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12:35

12:40

River Lock

12:45

Moored in Granary Wharf Basin

Recommend 'The Grove' - for Good Ale & Food
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Monday	10:30			Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring		63
14-06-04	10:35	10:55	11:40	Office Lock + Water
	11:50	12:10		St Anne Ings Lock
	12:30	1:05		Oddy Locks (2)
	1:10	1:30		Spring Garden Lock
				Armley Mills Museum
				Kirkstall Marina
	1:40	2:40		Meal
	3:15	3:35		Kirkstall Lock
	3:45	4:10		Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3)
	4:20	4:45		Newlay Lock Staircase (3)
	5:00	5:10		Swing Bridge
	5:25	5:40		Swing Bridge
	5:50	6:00		Rodley Barge Pub + Swing Bridge
	6:10			Moored in Rodley near Railway Pub	6	69
Recommend 'The Railway' - for Good Ale & Food
or Try the 'Owl', the 'Rodley Barge' or 'The Crown'
Good Fish Shop, Pizza & Chinese Takeaway
The 'Rodley Social Club' make Visitors Very Welcome (next to 'The Crown' - towards Leeds) Tel: (0113) 2 561 719 mandickator@aol.com ? (to be confirmed !)
Tuesday	1:55			Left Rodley Mooring		69
15-06-04	2:00	2:05		Owl Swing Bridge (216)
	2:15	2:20		Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - COWS !!
				Swiftcraft Moorings
				Apperley Bridge Marina
	3:00	3:10		Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers
	3:15	4:10		Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge
				Water & Refuse Disposal - Sanitary Station & Pump Out
	4:15	4:20		Idle Swing Bridge (213)
	4:30	4:40		Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)
	4:50	5:45		Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase) + Weed Hatch
	6:00	6:10		Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)
	6:35	6:45		Oddies Swing Bridge (210)
	6:50	7:00		Dock Swing Bridge (209)
	7:15			Moored in Shipley (visitor moorings)	6	75

Saturday	1:30			Left Shipley moorings		78
19-06-04	1:40	1:50		Dock Swing Bridge (209) - one barrier broken !
	2:00	2:05		Oddies Swing Bridge (210)
	2:25	2:35		Buck Hill Swing Bridge (211)
	2:50	3:15		Field Locks (3 Rise Staircase)
	3:25	3:35		Strangford Swing Bridge (211B)
	3:45	3:55		Idle Swing Bridge (213)
	4:00	4:10		Water & Refuse Disposal - Sanitary Station & Pump Out
	4:10	4:45		Dobson Locks (2 Rise Staircase) Apperley Bridge
	4:50	5:05		Millman Swing Bridge (214) - Hydraulic - Manual Barriers
June injured her back when 'lifting' road barrier to 'slot home'
				Apperley Bridge Marina
	5:15	5:55		Weed hatch cleared + coffee
				Swiftcraft Moorings
	6:25			Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge (215) - COWS !!
	6:35	6:50		Owl Swing Bridge (216)
	7:00			Rodley Mooring near Railway Pub	5	83
Recommend 'The Railway' - for Good Ale & Food
or Try the 'Owl', the 'Rodley Barge' or 'The Crown'
Good Fish Shop, Pizza & Chinese Takeaway
The 'Rodley Social Club' make Visitors Very Welcome (next to 'The Crown' - towards Leeds) Tel: (0113) 2 561 719 mandickator@aol.com ? (to be confirmed !)
Monday		On own - June's back still bad from Millman's swing bridge
21-06-04	9.05			Left Rodley mooring near Railway Pub		84
	9:10	9:20		Swing Bridge (assisted by local gent) + Rodley Barge Pub
	9:30	9:45		Swing Bridge
	10:00	10:20		Swing Bridge
	10:35	11:05		Newlay Lock Staircase (3) - assisted by BW
	11:15	11:30		Kirkstal Forge Lock Staircase (3) - assisted by BW
	11:40	12:00		Kirkstall Lock
				Kirkstall Marina
	12:40			Armley Mills Museum
	1:00	1:20		Spring Garden Lock
	1:25	2:10		Meal
	2:10	2:50		Oddy Locks (2)
	2:55	3:25		St Anne Ings Lock
	3:35	4:00	4:20	Water + Office Lock
	4:30			Moored in Granary Wharf Basin	6	90
Recommend 'The Grove' - for Good Ale & Food
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Wednesday				Left Granary Wharf Basin Mooring		92
23-06-04				River Lock

SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION
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Thursday		New Junction Canal to Thorne Finger Moorings
24-06-04	for info see: new junction canal to thorne (29/08/04)
Friday		Thorne Finger Moorings to Blue Water Marina	106
25-06-04			106

Tuesday	6:10		Left Blue Water Marina		122.5
03-08-04	6:30		Moored in Thorne	0.5	123.0
Wednesday	2:15		Left Thorne Mooring
04-08-04	2:20	2:40	Thorne Lock & Bridge
			M18 Bridge
			New Inn (Stainforth)
	3:40	3:50	Bramwith Swing Bridge
	3:55	4:10	Bramwith Lock & Moorings
	4:15		Bramwith Junction (New Junction Canal)
			Don Aqueduct
			Low Lane Swing Bridge
			Top Lane Lift bridge (Dalmations & Horses)
			Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge (Ponderosa)
			Sykehouse Lock & Swing Bridge
			Kirk Lane Swing Bridge
			Sykehouse Road Lift Bridge
	6:15		New Junction End (Southfield Reservoir)
AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
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	6:45		Moored below Pollington Lock	5	128
Thursday	9:50		Left Pollington Mooring
05-08-04	9:55	10:15	Pollington Lock (shared)
			Pollington Bridge