mrsmelly

Agreed. I luurrvvvv the soar but havnt been for a while. I like Leicester also, had a fab mooring there in 92/3

It appears that boats ( sewer tubes anyway ) are selling very quickly still so maybe yours will??

Hi just a quick word of advice. Ensure whatever feedback you get on this is from someone who has actualy done it with the size boat you state and not someone who knows a bloke etc etc. Its critical and many lock lengths around the country especialy oop norrff are bandied about and indeed published incorrectly. The one I always quote is Thorne lock which is variously quoted as being between 61 foot by 17 foot beam and elsewhere as something like 64 feet when the reality is a 70 foot narrowboat will pass through it JUST but will do it.

Oh yes to be sure there are some brilliant proper boats there not just a few sewer tubes, proper stuff and a great cruising area upt Aire to Leeds and indeed Calder to Wakey ? shopping on outskirts is called free port.

Moorings are fine but Cas is a crap hole, I know it vey well and one sprog lived there until last year. Known locally as Cas Vegas.

If you buy a decent second hand honda gennie for the moment to get you by until you update solar etc you will get all or most of your money back on it when you sell it anyway.

Honda, end of.

Blimey you got caught in the lockdown then. Dont spend a second longer in Castleford than is absolutely necessary, its a cr@~p hole. The rest of the trip is fab.

The Oxford is much and I mean much quieter than normal. I spose it will pick up at the earliest July 4th?