Kendorr

Shoot, have I got to go into hiding now?

That would be good, thank you. The Rhodesia link is a bit of a mystery, maybe the owner just lived there?

Thank you. As you can see, the Canalplan info is where I've got most of the current history. Haven't tried C&RT or BW yet. My biggest hope is that someone here will see this and know something of the history, long shot though.

I've owned my boat, Halcyon, for 2 years now, but can only find information about her going back to 2011. Hope from this description, someone here might be able to point me in the right direction to find out a little more. She was built by 'unknown' circa 1989. I actually think this is a few years out as I have brasses from Strawberry Island going back to 1986. Up to 2011 she was called 'Scorpio', the previous owner renamed her around 2011/2012. On the chimney is a small brass shield which says, 'Scorpio - Rhodesia' So her home base used to be on the Chesterfield Canal. I am fairly sure she has always been moored in the Yorkshire area, either on the Chesterfield or the South Yorkshire Navigation. She is 36 feet long and was probably a 'home build'. That's just about all I've been able to find. Please tell me if I'm wasting my time trying to find more!! However, there may be someone who recognises the boat from my description who is able to point me in the right direction to find out more. Thanks, Kevin

My boat was fitted with a Torgen when I purchased it, I changed it to the Salamander Hobbit and am very pleased with it. The only change I had to make was an adapter for the chimney pipe. Sorry, can't figure out how to insert a couple of pics into the message!! Kevin

Thanks for all the discussion, very interesting to hear peoples views, I'll hope to see all the bridges in August/September.

Thanks again, I'll also make sure I spell Leeds correctly in future posts!!! Your way rgreg sounds much easier than the ones I've looked at on youtube. Sometime in August/September I'll be putting the advice into operation.

Thanks folks. Luckily, I won't be in a hurry, I've plenty of time to work them myself, or sit and wait hoping for another boat to arrive.

I started boating last year and took on a route from Thorne along the Rochdale, onto the Bridgewater, Trent and Mersey, Macclesfield, Peak Forest, Huddersfield and back to Thorne. I was with another boat through to Manchester and a second boat along the Macclesfield and Peak Forest, the rest of the time was completely solo. This year I intend going down the Trent and working my way through to the Leads/Liverpool to join it at Wigan. As a single handed boater I have found the locks to be no problem, going up is easy, going down takes me a bit longer, but still not a concern, I also don't mind bridges when the mechanism is available on the towpath side. However, I have noticed that many of the bridges on the Leads/Liverpool are opened from the non towpath side. I've watched a couple of videos showing how single handed boaters go through these and I'm sure I could manage them myself. My concern though is the amount of time taken and holding up traffic. So, after all that, my questions are; Does anyone know where I could find information about which bridges need to be opened (I've counted that there are 39 bridges in total but not sure if they all have to be opened to allow passage through), Which is the first and last (I might decide to get crew) and If there are any real problem points that I should look out for. Thanks folks Kevin