tillergirl

Not sure wether to view this as media scaremongering or unwelcome news for someone who is planning to take to the waterways in the next couple of years!! Surely BW will not close those canals where freight is carried? (I live close to South Yorkshire). In any case surely no one has the right to leave people who live on the water stranded? Typical of this country - spend £21m on say the Rochdale canal and then close it 4 years later!

Our confirmation booking arrived yesterday - mid Feb 2007 - now all we have to do is wait

Hi M & P - we're hiring from Pennine who we have used before and are very friendly. I think the boat is going to be aorund 58' (ish). Its a sort of prelude holiday before buying really. We've done the summer bit thought we'd try the winter end to see how we fared. Its a big investment to buy a boat and we'd like to think that we would use it all year round really. Thanks for your info - must say you're all a friendly bunch on here

We did west to Foulridge the last time we were up there so we thought we'd go the other way this time. And we've been told that eastwards should be open after Xmas. Given that we're only booking 4 nights I doubt we'll get too far as we reckon that we'll only get a good 6 hours daylight. Looking at Nicholsons we see that east theres no locks til Bingley though I doubt we'll get there. We also note that there does'nt seem to be a winding hole either.........?? Is there anywhere to wind safely on that stretch on the LL?

We are planning a holiday for February 2007 On the Leeds/Liverpool having found a firm that can accommodate us. I was wondering if anyone could give us any pointers/advice for cruising at that time of the year. Warm clothes/good footwear obviously - but is there anything we should be aware of that may cause problems??

HI new to your forum Found this thread most interesting. The thieves must go to an awful lot of trouble to work out the logistics of stealing a narrowboat - its not like you can pick the lock and speed off in it is it? I can't believe that no one would have seen anything untoward. Amazing ...........