Cruising the network

[Timx]

Hi, not wishing to side track other posts at this moment , I am cc ing, have been from blah blah to blah blah and back, just coming up to first year ccing currently on g.u. .my boat is 60ft , but with stern gear fender it comes to 61.75 ft, can I go up the Trent and down the Leeds and Liverpool without too much trouble ? Or is it not worth the hassle, I would like to go up to York way next summer, and l&l back and around would be interesting, but just up and down via Trent would be a challenge, so hence my question.?

[Naughty Cal]

Why would the Trent be a challenge?

[Alan de Enfield]

14 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Why would the Trent be a challenge?

Its a long thin tin tube.

(Its a boat Jim - but not as we know it - Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow .......)

[NB Lola]

8 hours ago, Timx said:

Hi, not wishing to side track other posts at this moment , I am cc ing, have been from blah blah to blah blah and back, just coming up to first year ccing currently on g.u. .my boat is 60ft , but with stern gear fender it comes to 61.75 ft, can I go up the Trent and down the Leeds and Liverpool without too much trouble ? Or is it not worth the hassle, I would like to go up to York way next summer, and l&l back and around would be interesting, but just up and down via Trent would be a challenge, so hence my question.?

Let's stay on topic just for a wee while at least

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, NB Lola said:

Let's stay on topic just for a wee while at least

'While we wee' surely belongs on the 'toilet topic' ?

Although it may be relevant as it is perfectly legal to pump-out black-water directly into the Trent

[Grassman]

On 06/08/2017 at 00:29, Timx said:

Hi, not wishing to side track other posts at this moment , I am cc ing, have been from blah blah to blah blah and back, just coming up to first year ccing currently on g.u. .my boat is 60ft , but with stern gear fender it comes to 61.75 ft, can I go up the Trent and down the Leeds and Liverpool without too much trouble ? Or is it not worth the hassle, I would like to go up to York way next summer, and l&l back and around would be interesting, but just up and down via Trent would be a challenge, so hence my question.?

Our boat is 62.5 ft and we went to York with no issues. The Trent was fine and not nearly as scary as some folk think. Just be well prepared and read up on some of the many threads on here about it. There is a 60 ft lock at Thorne on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal which you will be going through and we managed it diagonally so you should be fine. If you have time why not turn off the Trent at West Stockwith and explore the Chesterfield Canal? It's a lovely canal and will give you a short break from the river before continuing your journey downstream.

As for going on the L&L afterwards I suggest you read the many threads about it on this forum and then make your own mind up. I did this and have decided against it.

[Timx]

Thanks, I will look at doing that

 

[David Mack]

If your boat is 60 ft (but not an inch over that) you can, with some difficulty, go via the Rochdale or Huddersfield as an alternative to the Leeds and Liverpool.

See http://penninewaterways.co.uk/calder/locks.htm