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Doesn't look to be next to any water ... could it be a footpath tunnel underneath a canal - Stonework looks a bit like L&L perhaps, though I don't know where... or possibly a bit of the Bradford Canal close to shipley Junction...

 

'Under' is good. L&L and Bradford less so.

 

 

It's gone a bit quiet today. Is it time for a photo of the other end yet? It will probably give the game away for some of you.

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'Under' is good. L&L and Bradford less so.

 

 

It's gone a bit quiet today. Is it time for a photo of the other end yet? It will probably give the game away for some of you.

 

Yes - give us another clue...

 

'Under' is good. L&L and Bradford less so.

 

 

It's gone a bit quiet today. Is it time for a photo of the other end yet? It will probably give the game away for some of you.

There's no light showing through, so it must be either quite long or 'bent'...

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Congratulations, Roger. It is indeed the Jubilee on its IWA UK Tour in, I think, 2006.

 

Now, about this tunnel...

 

With your specialism in mind, those hills in the background do look rather Pennine-like. So are we looking for a tunnel that goes under (at 90 degs to) a Pennine canal and then turns 90 degs at the end to come up parallel with the tow-path?

Roger

 

Edited to add that unfortunately I have been unable to find any details of Jubilee's route during its 2006 all over the system cruise so I can't narrow the options down at all :rolleyes:

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With your specialism in mind, those hills in the background do look rather Pennine-like. So are we looking for a tunnel that goes under (at 90 degs to) a Pennine canal and then turns 90 degs at the end to come up parallel with the tow-path?

 

Right in every respect!

 

on the macc?

 

Sorry, wrong.

 

It looks like a tunnel to me.

 

Did I get it? :P

 

You certainly did! An extra banana to that man!

 

Perhaps you would like both images together to save scrolling and backpaging (is that a word?)....

 

puzzle01.jpg

 

puzzle02.jpg

 

P.S. "34" might not help much.

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Right in every respect!

 

Now I'm going to struggle because I have never done such Pennine routes as the Rochdale and Huddersfield, and it doesn't look like the L&L to me, so I reckon it's now over to others who have done those routes......unless I've got it completely wrong of course, which is quite likely :rolleyes:

Roger

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P.S. "34" might not help much.

You are correct......

 

But the possible red herring did at least cause me to waste several hours last evening, thereby avoiding New Year's Eve TV. :cheers:

 

I think I'll leave this one to the Northern canal experts!

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You are correct......

 

But the possible red herring did at least cause me to waste several hours last evening, thereby avoiding New Year's Eve TV. :cheers:

 

I think I'll leave this one to the Northern canal experts!

 

It must be the Huddersfield narrow, judging by the hills. Can't recognise it as the Rochdale. Possibly the Upper Peak Forest, but since I rarely get off my boat except to go to the pub I don't see these bits that are out of sight.

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P.S. "34" might not help much.

 

you're right it didn't, but the thought of martin frantically searching made my day!! :cheers: i thought it was just me that did that!

 

Is it a secret sex change tunnel where you walk in one end a blond haired woman and out the other end a dark haired man?

 

no rod thats just you!! lol

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As toast.

 

Would that be freshly made toast.

 

If so perhaps somewhere on the Diggle Flight, but not to sure where. Not that familiar with the canal around there.

 

Edit. Just had a look on Google Earth and I'm going for the top pound before the tunnel.

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just after lock 30w?

 

Correct, Mike. In fact it is halfway between Lock 30w and Ward Lane bridge.

 

I am in the middle of revising my "virtual cruise" along the HNC to include better photos and photos of this tunnel will be included, so that you will all be able to get a better idea of where it is in relation to the rest of the canal.

 

The tunnel is a bit of a puzzle. It was clearly built the right shape for a boathorse in harness to walk through, making me wonder whether it led to stables, especially as it leads down from the side of the towpath. On the other hand there is a footpath which continues in the same general direction across a footbridge over the railway. The company may have been required to provide a tunnel or bridge to this route remained open. But that in irself is strange as it is not that far from Ward Lane bridge and the footpath mentioned above eventually joined onto Ward Lane, so why bother? Anyway, it is a nice little feature and in good condition and worth looking for if you are ever passing.

 

P.S. It is marked on Nicholson's as 'Subway'.

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