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A week for the L&L, then it depends on which way you go.

 

From Waters meeting at Stretford, you can go up through Manchester to the Ashton and then Peak Forest canal and be at the start of the Macc at Marple. You can do that in two days if you want, and it's about another four hours to Macclesfield itself.

 

Or you can take the pretty route out to the T&M and up Cheshire locks to Kidsgrove, then onto the Macc. You then have the twelve Bosley locks to go up to Macclesfield. This way is about five days.

 

You are climbing the same to the summit pound, but the locks are lighter going the second way.

 

It depends on how much time you have and what you want to do.

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Well we have brought a boat from appleby marina and need to get back to great haywood so looking at best available options to get there and as time is limited 4 days to get as close as we can

Well we have brought a boat from appleby marina and need to get back to great haywood so looking at best available options to get there and as time is limited 4 days to get as close as we can

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A week for the L&L, then it depends on which way you go.

 

From Waters meeting at Stretford, you can go up through Manchester to the Ashton and then Peak Forest canal and be at the start of the Macc at Marple. You can do that in two days if you want, and it's about another four hours to Macclesfield itself.

 

Or you can take the pretty route out to the T&M and up Cheshire locks to Kidsgrove, then onto the Macc. You then have the twelve Bosley locks to go up to Macclesfield. This way is about five days.

 

You are climbing the same to the summit pound, but the locks are lighter going the second way.

 

It depends on how much time you have and what you want to do.

 

Interestingly, Canalplan reckons that you should go the other way, and take the Huddersfield Narrow!

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Well to answer the OP's question, Canalplan says it will take 8 days 4 hours from Apperley Bridge Marina to Macclesfield, going, as Dave says, by the Huddersfield Narrow. That's the way I would go, but then I'm an HNC addict! I only wish I could get there now..........

 

Edited to say that the alternative route will take 10 days according to Canalplan.

 

All this using the default 7 hours per day, which you could increase considerably at this time of year, of course, if you want to knacker yourself.

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Also it will depend on when you arrive at Marsden. You can only go through the tunnel on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning's, which if you got there say Monday afternoon would mean you waiting until Wednesday. You must book passage at least three days in advance so need to get your timings sorted before you set off.

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Well were looking to end up at great haywood but need a route to get us down from appleby marina in four days so we can moor up somewhere close to stoke on trent then do.the rest of the journey the following weekend any ideas as how its looking the tunnel option isnt going to be the easiest route in the amount of time we have .?

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I don't know how experienced you are but, Festival gardens will take you at least seventy five hours cruising. You are not going to do that in four days. That's seven days over, boating from eight in the morning to six in the evening with no stops for food water or toilet emptying, let alone shopping and the odd pint.

 

That is without any problems. If you are on a newly bought boat, expect something to go wrong, it always does.

 

One thing to always remember when boating is don't set big targets, something will always get in the way of them

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Well were looking to end up at great haywood but need a route to get us down from appleby marina in four days so we can moor up somewhere close to stoke on trent then do.the rest of the journey the following weekend any ideas as how its looking the tunnel option isnt going to be the easiest route in the amount of time we have .?

 

Have you taken a look at that journey planning website yet?

 

canalplan.org.uk

 

The long and the short of it is, you're not going to get anywhere near Stoke in 4 days' cruising, or anywhere near Great Haywood in 6. It doesn't matter which way you go.

 

If you leave Apperley Bridge Marina and head east (towards Leeds), it'll take you between 9 (longish) days and 12 (shortish) days to get to Great Haywood Marina via Huddersfield etc. That's assuming you manage to time things right for Standedge Tunnel. Getting to Stoke will about one day less.

 

If you start by heading west (towards Liverpool), it might take you roughly a day longer to get where you're going via Wigan etc., although you wouldn't have to worry about the tunnel.

 

Realistically, if you don't mind doing long days, maybe you could aim to get to Great Haywood in that 4-day block plus a 2-day weekend plus the 3-day early May Bank Holiday weekend?

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I just read at a couple of your previous posts Elliott, and it looks like you were shopping around for a GRP boat? If that's what you've bought, you should be aware that GRP boats and petrol-engined boats are not allowed through Standedge Tunnel at all. So you'd have to go the other way, via Wigan. (The Rochdale would be an option if it weren't closed after the recent floods, but it is.)

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Well were looking to end up at great haywood but need a route to get us down from appleby marina in four days so we can moor up somewhere close to stoke on trent then do.the rest of the journey the following weekend any ideas as how its looking the tunnel option isnt going to be the easiest route in the amount of time we have .?

There are a few things to consider depending on the boat itself. Tell us what type of boat it is, is it steel, fibreglass, how long is it, how wide is it, what engine has it got, what is the draft and air-draft. All these thing need to be taken into account before recommending a route.

My suggestion for the quickest route depending on the boat would be to go down the L&L and Aire & Calder and up the Trent then the Trent & Mersey. It won't be six days but i think its probably the quickest route to Great Haywood.

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