Diggle to Wool Road

Left at 8.30. By 10.30 we were between 27w and 26w having a cuppa.  The last couple of hours had been a tad stressful due to the boat behind us basically tailgating us.   So we decided to let 'Mr I want to get my boat through the tunnel first, and then break it' go past us. The reason being he didn't seem able to keep 1 lock between us. The pounds are very small and a lock full of water can overflow it very quickly.  The picture on the right is the size of one of the pounds which gives you an idea.  He kept on emptying his lock into the pound above us. This would cause the water to overflow the pound,  cascading it over the gates behind Yogi.  

This is what happens when you open the top paddles

Imagine being at the bottom of the lock with Niagra falls coming at you from the top of the gates straight onto you and your back deck! I had to run back up the towpath to shout to him to close his paddles!  He made me swear, I was very cross.  Bloody irresponsible and dangerous!! As I say, personally we didn't fancy doing the flight at a gallop with the chance of a terrible accident So we stopped and let Mr Idiot go passed.


We decided that when we got to Wool Road we would lock up and walk into UpperMill which wasn't that far.  We wanted to grab a fry up and some supplies.

We only had 3 locks to go till we got to Wool Road which is where we had stopped on the way up.  There is an old Trans-shipment Shed here which has  been converted into offices and the Navigation Inn (we had it recommended to us but didn't try it).  Both originate from the building of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal opened in 1811. The basin at Wool Road was used to transfer goods from canal boats to packhorses whilst the Standedge Tunnel was being built. 


Poor old Yogi says he feels like he is in Lilliput, and sitting in the cafe eating his fry-up he did look like he was sitting on an infants school table and chair lol Poor Bugger.  Dont laugh, makes him cross. lol ooops lol 


We have managed to find a company that delivers coal in the area.  Yes Yog is still lighting the fire and yes it is very hot in here!! We should be having our coal delivered tomorrow, so if it all goes well I will post the number up here.