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  1. I don't want to put you off.. The HNC is well worth the effort. You just need to be aware of it's [many] issues. Our crew has been boating for 30 years, and Standege was one of the few remaining things we've never managed. Following all the issues last year, we decided our trip this year would be an easy pootle around the little-used bits of the BCN. Naively, we thought BCN because if there's a lock failure there may well be another way round it.. and now we find that the Farmer's Bridge flight is closed... maybe we're just jinxed !
  2. The issue we had in May '22 was that C&RT were reluctant to let us pass Stanley Dawson 1E - even though we had a booking for the tunnel. What happened was that a lock near Dobcross [30W] had failed so they cancelled our tunnel passage and our passage of 1E without telling either us or Shire Cruisers who we had hired from. We arrived at 1E to be told we had no booking and that another boat was booked instead. The chap on the ground was fine - he rang and eventually found out that we had had a booking which they had cancelled - so after much to-ing and fro-ing with his boss, he eventually persuaded them to let us up. It turned out that lock 30W was still being fixed when we got to Slaithwaite, so they would not let us go any further. Just be aware that almost any failure on the HNC will see them stopping booked passages.
  3. Thanks for all the replies. I did post rather late and we've just got back from the trip. We decided against Selby and chose to go up the Huddersfield Shallow at least as far as Slaithwaite. We had hoped that if C&RT had fixed the problem at Dobcross Lock 30W by Tuesday 24th that we might still be able to get through the tunnel. No such luck. Due to the problem at 30W, C&RT actually cancelled our tunnel booking - and in doing so, also cancelled the booking we had made for Stanley Dawson Lock 1E leaving us potentially stuck at 1E with no booking - and another boat had since booked our now vacant spot. We were eventually allowed through 1E and got up to Slaithwaite. We did go through Standedge, though not in the way we had expected - we took the train from Slaithwaite to Stalybridge to visit the Station buffet. On the way up, many of the pounds were low [..though none were impassable..] as we were following another boat. On the way down, there did seem to be plenty of water coming over the bywashes. Overall, the HNC [.. or should that be HSC..] is not for the faint hearted, but it does seem to be worse now than it was back in 2002 when we last cruised it. https://sites.google.com/view/bonaboaters/home
  4. There weren't any two weeks ago..
  5. We have a boat booked from Shire at Sowerby Bridge. Plan A was to go over to Ashton via the Huddersfield Narrow and Standege Tunnel. Knowing the state of the HNC, we also prepared a Plan B which was to go via the Rochdale. Plan B was already scuppered, but now, it seems plan A is also in doubt. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices?waterway[]=HN&start-date=18%2F05%2F2022&start-date_submit=18%2F05%2F2022&end-date=31%2F05%2F2022&end-date_submit=31%2F05%2F2022&order-field=startDateTime&order-direction=descending#form This leaves us with some limited options for a weeks cruise - basically Leeds or Selby. [I don't think we can get to York and back in the time - but as we live in York, it is on our bucket-list] We've done Leeds before, but not Selby. Looking at Nicholson's, there does not seem to be a winding hole marked at the end of the Selby canal before the Ouse lock. Does anyone know whether a 57' boat can be winded before the lock rather than having to wait for the tide, and then lock down into the Ouse and try to wind on the fast flowing river.. 😱
  6. Hi. I'm aware that the Bosley and Marple are severely restricted, but are there any resulting issues with water supply lower down The Macc - between Hardings Wood Junction and Congleton ? We were due to set off tomorrow (Sat 30th Apr) from Middlewich on the Cheshire Ring - but obviously that's out now. We had considered The Four Counties instead have decided on The Caldon plus a bit extra - and the extra bit was to run up to up to Congleton. Thanks.
  7. I just wonder what C&RT's insurers would have to say if there was an issue with any of the locks pictured in this post which injured [or worse, killed] someone. A friend of mine has recently had an issue with her roof. When she contacted her insurer, they refused to pay out on the grounds that they believed the issue was either caused by or made worse by a lack of routine maintenance...
  8. Have been known to play a guitar, but never take it on a boat - I do play a melodeon, and usually play it in tunnels. Proper stuff for folks of a certain age... like 'The Trumpton Fireman's Song', 'Time Flies by when you're the driver of a train' and for anyone who remembers Chigley, The Bargee's song. ... not to mention 'Delilah' and 'Telstar' !
  9. We did 191 locks and 90 miles in a week back in 2014. Hired from Wootton Wawen. Did Wootton Wawen > King's Norton > W&B and down Tardebigge to Droitwich, then on to The Severn to Worcester > then back up the W&B to King's Norton and back to Wootton Wawen. See The Bona Boaters 2014 link below.
  10. Been there, done that too... ironically, on one of their own boats so we felt it would be somewhat 'diplomatic' not to make too much of a fuss...
  11. That's exactly why I was looking at The Rochdale as an alternative.. Although we've been boating for nearly 30 years, we've never done Standedge Tunnel nor the Western side of The Rochdale... so either one is 'new track' to us.
  12. Thanks for the info. We're not usually put off by 'dodgy' bits... and it surely can't be any worse than the Ryders Green flight... which was full of cr*p, but had no water either !
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