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Waterwitch Magazine of the Lancaster Canal Trust Spring 2011 #145
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Winter/Spring 2011
WATERWITCH MAGAZINE OF THE
LANCASTER CANAL TRUST
Number 145
The Lancaster Canal Trust (Registered Charity No.240957
Affiliated to the Inland Waterways Association Ltd.)
http://www.lancastercanaltrust.org.uk/
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Déjà vu Hincaster Horse Path
Above: West Accommodation Bridge, Hincaster Horse Path circa1980
Below: Same view in 2008 West Accommodation Bridge
just before clean up in 2008
West Accommodation Bridge
just before clean up in 1980.
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Front cover: Sorry to be so gloomy but typical of most of last December was this foggy view of
Stainton End in a very much ice bound condition. With thanks to Mike Chase of WRG whose
members, believe or not, worked a whole weekend in these atrocious conditions
Contents
Letter from the Editor 3
Chairman's Report 4
Membership News 5
Fuelling Stops on the Lanky 6
Hello to New members/ Events 7
Old Canal thoughts- Ian Dunn 8
Coffee Morning Report 9
Boat Operation mangers Report 10
Working Party Report 11
Helen’s Puzzle 14
A Canal Too Far 14
Crooklands Stables 17
Trust Outing 21
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Canal? 22
British Waterways Update 25
40 years ago 27
100 club membership & Results 28
S o, another Christmas has come and gone and what a month December was. It
upset Trust Committee meetings and made the Waterways Recovery Group
weekend a touch and go affair, as can be seen by the photos inside and on the cover.
Still, much good work was done by those stalwarts who could get out and a big thank
you to all concerned.
The Trip Boat has had another good year both financially and passenger wise, after its
major lift out and overhaul, and Beryl and her committee are busy lining up another
full round of events for the Trust to attend and spread the message.
The news from the restoration front is still far from clear, especially with the current
round of Government cuts, but all concerned are, including British Waterways and the
SLDC, remaining positive and we just need to work through this difficult period as
best we can. The Planning Application for the restoration of the Canal bed in phase
one is due to be submitted by BW in early in 2011 and the Executive Committee are
having consultations with the Restoration Group to try to formally establish a separate
company in whose name the application will be submitted. So we may have more
good news to report in the next edition.
There are still some places left on our Trust outing to the Falkirk Wheel in May next
so if you fancy a good day out contact Ken Broadhurst (see page 21).
Hopefully, by the time the next edition is published we shall be well into late spring/
early summer and after the coldest December since records began lets hope it is a good
one. Regards David Currington Editor
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Happy New Year! At the turn of the year
as I write this, the canal has been frozen
up for weeks. Nothing much has moved
on the water except for the groups of
ducks and swans eagerly swimming
around to keep their small patches of
water open. However, the towpath has
given the opportunity for some delightful
walks and cycle rides in the wintry
landscape.
Just as the thaw sets in three major
stoppages present a new limitation on
movement for the next month or two: the
railway bridge at Capernwray, the
Glasson Branch and the Lune Aqueduct.
While they are inconvenient for winter
cruisers, in the bigger picture they are
excellent news for the Lancaster Canal. In
these times of huge spending cuts
affecting every aspect of our lives it is
reassuring for the future of this canal to
see that British Waterways are making
some significant investments in new gates
on the Glasson locks and in major
maintenance work on the Grade 1 listed
aqueduct.
The £2 million from BW’s maintenance
budget will pay for relining the channel
over the aqueduct and the adjacent
embankment, other structural repairs,
pointing, cleaning etc. In addition, the
recently announced £1 million grant from
the Heritage Lottery Fund will cover other
enhancements such as a new ramp access
linking the towpath and the River Lune
Millennium Park below, other paths and
steps, management of vegetation on and
around the aqueduct and generally
improving its public visibility.
Further north, our work on the restoration
project is proceeding steadily. The
Working Party report in this edition has
the details. The project has had useful
media coverage recently in an article in
Cumbria Magazine, an interview on BBC
Radio Cumbria and a short feature on
BBC North west Tonight.
On the wider front, I was pleased to be
invited to present a joint paper with BW
at the October annual conference of the
Environment Agency and English
Heritage on the theme of Waterways
Heritage. BW were a major contributor
and one session concentrated on the value
of volunteer involvement. Andrew Tegg
(BW) and I described the work LCT has
done on the Hincaster Horse Path under
our formal Maintenance Agreement with
English Heritage, the joint BW/LCT
repair work to Braithwaite’s Bridge and
our own restoration of Sellet Hall Bridge.
Other volunteer group speakers covered
the ongoing work on Foxton Inclined
Plane and the restoration and maintenance
work at Bugsworth Basin.
I was also able to attend The Waterways
Trust annual meeting in November, with
the opportunity to do a bit of ‘networking’
as well as learn more about the varied
work of TWT.
Looking ahead, our publicity team are
busy planning our schedule of roadshow
appearances at various local and national
events. New this year is the Liverpool
Boat Show, running from 29th April to 8th
May and we hope to be there. It should be
a comprehensive event and much nearer
for most of us to get to than similar shows
in Birmingham and London.
The present website set up on behalf of
the Lancaster Canal Restoration Project to
keep the public informed of restoration
progress has, for some time, had problems
(Continued on page 5)
Chairman’s Report
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Guide Book reprint appeal. The fourth edition of our ever popular guide book was published
nearly 3 years ago and has been selling well in all sorts of local
and national outlets, on the website and at all our roadshow
locations. Stocks are now getting down to the point where we
have to plan the next edition. This will be a reprint with limited
amendments rather than a full revision.
We need your feedback! If you have spotted any errors or
misprints in the current book, or any information that may have
been correct at the time of publication but has since changed,
please let us know.
Likewise, if you have suggestions for further improvement, now’s
the time to speak up. In particular any offers to edit and enhance
any of the introductory sections on pages 6 to 20 will be
gratefully received.
Don’t worry about duplication, or think that someone else is
bound to have covered your comments. I’d rather deal with repetition than miss things that ought
to be changed. Please be as specific as possible, with reference to page number, paragraph, map
etc.You can email your comments to [email protected] with the subject heading ‘Guide
Book Reprint’ or post them to me (address at the back of this magazine).
Richard Trevitt
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL & NEW RATES
Members are reminded that Membership Renewals were due as from the 1st
January 2011. You should also be aware of the new rates which were agreed
by your Executive Committee and published in the last edition of Waterwitch.
They are:
Adult £14; Family £20; Concession £10; Life £150; Affiliate £14
Members who pay by standing order are asked if they could update these as
soon as possible to avoid the costs involved by the Trust in having to send out
reminders for the balance., Members paying by cheque should sent them to the
Membership Secretary,
Alan Mather 15, Claughton Ave, BOLTON, BL2 6US
regarding the continuous updating of the information. It has been agreed by all parties
that this site will now become a part of the Trust’s own well used, & thanks to Mike
Valiant, well updated website. And appropriate Trust members can then keep it up to
date. This scheme has now been accepted by all parties and is almost ready to go live.
The existing Northern Reaches website address will then be ‘pointed’ to our website so
that people looking for Northern Reaches will still automatically find the old site.
The NR content will appear under a new tab "Restoration". Reason for this is that
anything else we could think of such as "LCRP" or "Partnership" would be meaningless
to most visitors - and it has to be short. We'll be able to add information about LCT
restoration plans either under this tab, or under the "Trust" tab . Richard Trevitt
(Continued from page 4)
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Fuelling Stops on the Lanky
Longlands Hotel
Tewitfield
I decided, for this edition, to feature a
pub and hotel
which for some
years has been the
most northerly
n a v i g a b l e
canalside pub,
( well if you
allow a few
hundred yards as
being canalside),
as it is situated a
stones throw from
the end of the
navigable part of
the Lancaster
Canal. It is very
handy for those mooring up at Tewitfield
and for walkers to the flight od disused
locks.
It is a large hotel with equally large bars
and eating areas, but it can get extremely
busy at peak periods. There is ample
outside seating for the sunny days.
On entering the pub dives mainly into
two with the bar and pub seating to the
left and an eating area with a restaurant
feel to the right.
The pub is a Free
House, and has
four real ales;
Kirkby Lonsdale
Ruskin's Bitter
(3.9%) & Black
Sheep Best Bitter
(3.8%) tend to be
regulars plus two
m o r e e v e r
changing guests
ales. There are a
good variety of lagers and plenty of room
to get served. Dogs are very welcome in
the bar area. A good full menu is
available for both those who just need to
snack or to those needing more
substantial meals. Serving times are
noon till 2.30pm and 5.30 till 9.30pm
Visitors who may be moored close by or
walking early in the area can purchase a
full breakfast as a non-resident.
The hotel section is indeed a 4star Inn
and there are also stone built adjacent
cottages available
.All in all a fuelling
stop to be
r e c o m m e n d e d .
DC
Left: Sammy &
Victoria, (never
Vicky I was told),
serving up the real
ale in fine style.
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EVENTS 2011 13th February Working Party tba (check website)
13th March Working Party tba (check website)
9th April Open Day/Members' Day/Spring Fair
at Bilsborrow Village Hall
10th April Working Party tba (check website)
29th April/8th May Liverpool Boat Show. We may have a stand see details at
www.liverpoolboatshow .com/
2nd May Skipton Canal Festival
28th/29th May Country Fest, Westmorland Showground,
Crooklands
16th July Preston Riversway Festival
29th/31st July IWA National Festival, Burton on Trent
30th/31st Jully Flookborough
8th September Westmorland County Show
9th September Kendal Torchlight A warm welcome awaits all members who visit the stand - so do come and say hello if you are attending or wish to assist at these events. Please put the dates in your diaries now and if you feel you could help for an hour or two (or a full day) at any of the events please contact Beryl Bowcott on 01772 863418
Hello! The Lancaster Canal Trust extends a very warm welcome to the following new
members and we hope to see you at some of our events:
S.J. Sproat Holme. T Carter Accrington
A. Firth Kendal J Almond Kendal
R. Porter Lancaster G Kitchen Kendal
E Ward Kendal A & L Willows Saddleworth
G Augniers Preston J Watson Dumfries
L Augniers Preston G Dobbie Dumfries
J Mitchell Barrow in Furness S Bamber Darwen
J & P Caton Scarborough. D Whiteside Fleetwood
B Winter Levens A.Washington Bilsborrow
G Greenwood Morecambe T Wheeler Manchester
N Catlow Goosnargh C Wilson Garstang.
C & L Lowe Chorley S Harvey Grange over Sands
G Harker Carnforth
By the way …. 20 years ago In the list of new members for the Waterwitch Winter edition of 1990
we find one CH Bagot of Levens Hall, now our esteemed President, and Ian
Donald Dunn, who lately has regaled us with drawings and stories of the
old days on our Canal.
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CANAL NOTES Before the luxury of smooth and safe canal travel,
horse drawn coach passengers
were at the mercy of indifferent
drivers, and the maintenance of
the coaches intermittent. The
Westmorland Gazette in the
19th century reported a" nasty
accident at Devils Bridge." It went
like this more or less. The south
bound fully loaded coach drew
onto the Square at Kirkby
Lonsdale and stopped outside
the Royal Oak Hotel (I think the
coach was called ‘The South
Flyer’), anyway the "four in hand" dis-gorged its
jostled and vomit feeling, moaning, cold
passengers into the warmth of the hotel where
refreshments were taken. The driver, it
transpired later had then downed about five
tankards filled with strong ale, along with the postilion
who blew the horn.
The unfortunate passengers regained them
positions on the coach, some on top others
inside, horses were whipped –up. After a shout of
"walk on” they were off!!
But the driver ,who now was now completely
legless, forgot to stop ‘whipping-up’ and the
coach flew through Kirkby Lonsdale scattering all asunder, The postilion, who should have
cleared the way with his horn failed to do so and
sprayed the unfortunate public with a fine mist of
warm ale.
The road south past Kirkby Lonsdale and over
the River Lune was by the famous Devils Bridge,
which was about to see a fast
swaying carriage with the
unfortunate outsiders, as pale as
a snow covered field,
Clinging desperately to the rotting
wood of the coach, on the south side of the bridge is a sharp left-
hand turn, and here the contents
of the doomed carriage met their
demise. Over it all went,
passengers, boxes, dogs and
horses all over the place; arms,
legs & heads all damaged, the only
one who was not hurt seriously was the driver but
it was reported in the paper that one stout hearted
lady gave him a good thrashing. In due course the
driver was hauled before the magistrates of the
time and sent to gaol for one year so there
that's a lesson.
Back to the canal, along its course you would
get the odd fisherman. I do not know in the
early years of its existence if fishing was
(Continued on page 9)
ANOTHER IN THE SERIES
CANAL MEMORIES
by
IAN DUNN B.A A.T.D
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allowed, (apparently not see poster overleaf Ed)
no doubt you would get the odd one and they
may have looked like the drawing in pen and ink. If you moved towards Lancaster, before the
canal closed down, you would arrive at a hive of
industry where maintenance & repair of the
boats were carried out on the night shift.
IAN DUNN
(Continued from page 8)
If anyone would like a copy of any of Ian
Dunn’s pictures that have appeared in editions
of this magazine then he has told me he is
happy to let me have them by request a
nominal charge to cover costs
of printing (Please let me
know by letter/email and I will
endeavour to arrange them
Ed. )
Coffee morning Report. 23rd October 2010
Silverdale may seem an odd choice as a
venue to hold the coffee morning, being
remote from the canal compared with
other locations we have used in the past,
but aren’t we glad we did as it proved to
be the most successful venue ever from a
fund raising point of view.
The hall had needed to be booked almost
two years previously, such is the demand
and we were warned it would be busy.
But we could not have imagined just how
busy it would be. By the end of the
morning nearly two hundred people had
paid to come in. David’s tombola was
overwhelmed and
had run out of prizes
within the first hour,
whilst the cake stall,
bric a brac and other
stalls were doing a
roaring trade.
It would be nice to
t h i n k
that all
t h i s
support
w a s
because
of who
we are,
but we
w o u l d
only be deluding ourselves. Coffee
mornings are a tradition in Silverdale –
there is one every Saturday of the year
and all are well attended, but it is
pleasing that so many decided to support
our event, raising over £500.We will
certainly consider holding another event
in Silverdale but have learnt that we will
need far more helpers than
we had on the day. Our
thanks to due to all those
members who made items
for sale or who worked hard
on the day.
Sheila Slater
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Boat Operation Manager’s Report
TRIPBOAT OPERATIONS – A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
During the two years I have been involved with the tripboat operations, a few people
have questioned the cost of running Waterwitch, particularly in view of the increase in
training required by the change of regulations in autumn 2008.
I have therefore reviewed the financial data for the last 6 years (unaudited for 2010)
and hope that this information shows that Waterwitch does not drain resources from
our main objective, i.e. to restore the canal.
Passengers Income Expenditure
2005/06 ? £ 1750? £ 732
2006/07 1191 £ 1931 £ 888
2007/08 1343 £ 1949 £ 933
2008/09 1379 £ 2091 £2425*
2009/10 1334 £ 2002 £5858**
2010/11 1701 £ 3073 £2647** (projected)
*2008/09 includes an initial training fee for all existing skippers (£ 1124);
**includes £ 4670 for boat refurbishment.
If we include a probable similar surplus for 2004/05 (since the last refurbishment in
2003/04) the result is an approximate break-even figure.
As you can see, the figures for last summer were very pleasing, and, with the
continued hard work of our volunteers, we look forward to further improvements in the
coming years.
Chris Jones
Chairman Boat Operational Sub-Committee
An enjoyable evening was had by the skippers and their partners (26 in all) at the
annual Boatman's Dinner held at Crooklands Hotel on 22 October. As usual, some
travelled a great distance to join us, with a special mention to David Brown (on left
with glasses right pic) who lives in Northwich, Alan Mather from Bolton, Neil
McGarry from Lytham and Ian Treanor from Darwen. Thanks to everyone for their
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Following on from the success of our
summer restoration work on Sellet Hall
Bridge, we started off the autumn/winter
season in September with a further visit
to place the large coping stones on the
rebuilt parapet walls. Once again
we are grateful for the generous
mechanical assistance from
Groundworks Kendal and James
Richardson of Ingleton.
October saw a good turnout to
do some important housekeeping
tasks. At Millness Depot a liner
was installed under the roof to
keep our important display and
publicity material clean, while at
Crooklands Stables a new ramp
and handrails has improved the
access from the road to the
towpath for people visiting for trips on
nb Waterwitch.
Two of the new benches which have
been obtained with grant funding from
the Aggregates Levy scheme were
installed on the towpath in November.
The six benches in this project all have
to be in the general vicinity of Burton,
Holme and Millness to comply with the
terms of the grant. The other four are
due to be installed in February and
March.
In the first weekend in December our
numbers were greatly enhanced by our
friends from Waterway Recovery Group
NW for a major onslaught on the
vegetation choking the canal bed in the
area of Stainton and Sellet Hall.
January saw a revisit to the Hincaster
Horse Path for some repair work to the
side walls of the path which are suffering
from tree-root-assisted dilapidation. This
is part of the Trust’s commitment under
our 5-year Maintenance Agreement with
British Waterways (who own the path)
and English Heritage (who administer the
Scheduled Ancient Monuments, such as
this path).
A change to the organisation and
management means that we now have a
small team of experienced volunteers
who will share the tasks of supervising
individual working parties. This takes the
pressure off any one individual and
enables us to draw on the wide range of
experience that this team brings in from
all sorts of other volunteering activities.
Thanks to everyone who has taken part
or intends to take part in our working
party activity. If you are not already on
the working party email circulation list
and would like to be, simply send an
email to [email protected] with the
subject heading ‘w/p
email list’. Similarly if
you are on the list but
would rather not be, let
me know.
Richard Trevitt
Working
Party Report
Chris Jones working on the ramp improvements at the
Stables
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JOINT LCT &
WATERWAYS
RECOVERY GROUP
WEEKEND
Dec 4th & 5th 2010
Left: Even snow doesn’t stop
WRG
Below: The new WRG/NW
Hi- Viz are modelled
Below: Viv cuts her birthday cake at
Lunchtime
Right: Worksite is somewhere
ahead in the fog!
Below: Lots to be felled
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Left: There’s no mud but Ju still
gets dirty1
Right: Working steadily away from
Sellet Hall Bridge
Left: No Working Party is
complete without a roaring bonfire
and didn’t this one roar.
Above: Felling still, Hincaster
bound. Look how far we’ve come!
Left: Ju give Tricia some
encouragement, It’s all girl power!
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It would be 1974. I was working as a
management trainee for the Trent bus
company based in Derby and the point had
come to spend some time with the Area
Managers. These guys had wonderful jobs
being responsible for areas of the company
and being obliged to drive around them and
keep in touch. Yes drive, you don’t get to find
out all you need to know about a bus if you
are on it. Anyway, I was with one of these
gentlemen who had the western area. Now
the 1970s were a truly dire time for the bus
industry, and economies had to be made and
his patch was an amalgamation of an urban
area and his old stomping ground of rural
Derbyshire and the Peak District. Needless to
say, we spent rather a lot of time in the latter.
He was nearing retirement and as we ambled
around the Peaks, searching out two buses
based in Castleton or pondering the delights
of Buxton, he regaled me with his retirement
plans. He was an avid canal enthusiast, he
was having a narrow boat built and he and his
wife would move onto it and “ travel the
waterways of Britain.” He made it sound
lovely, I was smitten.
(Continued on page 15)
A Canal Too Far?
HELEN’s WORD PUZZLE
See answers
page 16
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Time for holidays arrived and it was the canals
for me. I had a chat with the area manager
and he plotted out a two week journey which,
it alarms me to confess, was drawn in pencil
on a piece of foolscap with no scale. No
matter, I was off. A boat was hired from, likely,
Shardlow. Now I wasn’t up for a proper job,
subsequently a canal enthusiast friend in the
bus industry remarked that driving a narrow
boat was like steering two single decker
buses linked together from the back. So I had,
what I suppose the technical term would be, a
cabin cruiser with an outboard motor.
Frighteningly little instruction was given but to
be fair, most clients probably pootled about
locally, the incidence of madmen clutching a
piece of foolscap covering most of middle
England must have been rare. So I set off for
Birmingham.
I recall the first few days being pleasant
enough, most of the lock work was self
taught, watching others and it is no doubt a
very historic way to enter the UKs second city.
Bobbing peacefully amongst the towers of
spaghetti junction was an interesting
experience. But soon, dodging
supermarket trollies partly
submerged in the rusty water
and constantly having to remove
plastic bags from the propeller
began to wear a bit thin. It came
to a head at a flight in
Sparkbrook, an area of Brum I
had hitherto avoided. This was
said to be locked at sunset, but
despite it being about then, it
wasn’t. Get it out of the way I
thought, so off I went. It was the
last one that was locked. So I
bedded down for the night in the
full lock. The next morning the lock keeper
was less than impressed. OK, looking back, it
was silly, but it wouldn’t have happened if the
first one had been locked. Somewhere near
Damsonwood the battery went flat. I set off
carrying it to be repaired. Over the next few
days, the trousers I had been wearing
gradually disintegrated, I’d spilt battery fluid
all over them.
I was glad to leave Birmingham. Now I know it
is, rightly, regarded as a magnificent canal
achievement, in many ways the jewel in the
crown and I suspect much better now. But, in
beer terms, it was like a smokey street corner
boozer compared with a rural pub.
The Stratford canal beckoned. This was more
like it, quaintly named places such as
Wootton Wawen and Preston Bagot. At first all
went well, it was delightful. Moored up one
night it sounded windy. Indeed it was and next
morning I awoke to find the boat drifting
about in the canal. The wind continued, and I
had to cross the Bearley aqueduct bridging a
remote valley.
The rim of the cast iron trough was only about
six inches above water level, and as the
towpath is level with the canal bottom, it
seems very narrow. Unlike a sturdy canal
boat, my cabin cruiser was very exposed.
Added to which, the water was choppy making
the boat bob around. I was mighty glad to get
that out of the way. It was a relief to moor in
the pound opposite the Royal Shakespeare
theatre, and a night of the Bard followed by
dinner was a welcome recharge. Didn’t have
(Continued from page 14)
(Continued on page 16)
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far to go home either. I was ready for the River
Avon.
Or was I ? About to moor up for lunch, I did the
classic arms rotating in the air, “Whoa ah ah
ah “ splash, in backwards. I’m sure you’ve all
done it, but it was my first. The river was
running high and fast and after drying and
being suitably restored, I discovered that the
level had dropped and my steed was stuck on
the bank. No more wet clothes, so swimming
trunks on and over the side to push her off. It
worked but as I followed her in, I realised I was
walking over areas usually above water and
covered in stinging nettles. Don’t do this at
home.
And so Tewkesbury and the mighty Severn.
And mighty it was, running so high and fast
that it was closed to traffic. At this stage, let
me say how impressed I was with the
licencing, route details and safe channel
information that was always available. A
whole new world for me. Anyway, it was shortly
announced that the river was open and off I
set. My, was it running fast. Then the engine
ran out of fuel. I grabbed a can, filled up, as
the boat twirled around in circles midstream. I
was very grateful when she fired up. Arriving at
Worcester for the night, I could see
moorings clearly marked on the map,
but where were they ? Up and down I
went, no sign. So I inched to the bank to
find them under six inches of water.
Jumping over, I secured the boat and
waited whilst the level dropped so I
didn’t come back to find her hanging
sideways over the dock. It didn’t take
that long, it is remarkable to be able to
see nature in action so close up. Several
welcome pints followed.
Suffice it to say that returning to the
canal network, the boat suffered a
breakdown, I felt time was running out
to get back when I should have, so I
called for rescue.
What do we make of all this? Well, I was
very ill prepared, had equipment not suited to
the job and took on a major task.
Nevertheless, the information was there to
help me do it. Did I enjoy it ? Well, I began to
learn that I am someone to whom the words
“adventure” and “holiday” should never
appear in the same sentence. A holiday has to
start with an aeroplane and involve copious
amounts of doing nothing in guaranteed
sunshine. I also don’t believe brochures, bikini
clad lovelies on the roofs of narrow boats
basking in sunshine don’t fool me for one
minute. But yes, I’m glad I did it, I learned a
new aspect of my country, and more
importantly, learned about our industrial
heritage, something we are far too casual and
dismissive of.
Today, boat travel is a streamer on
Windermere or Ullswater sipping something
dry and white hailing from Chile. And those
boats are part of our industrial heritage too.
Roger Davies 10/2010.
(Continued from page 15)
Answer to Helen’s Puzzle (p 14)
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The Trust’s now well known centre for
Trip boat operations comes of age this
later this
year. It
was not
always the
w e l l
maintained
bu i l d i n g
we have
all come
to accept.
Far from
it….
Over 17
years ago, in 1993, it was a derelict shell
of a building, fast disappearing under a
mass of ivy and fallen timber. Drastic
action was needed if it was not to go the
same way as other stable blocks along the
Canal, such as that at Farleton.
The Trust was granted permission from
British Waterways to commence
restoration in late 1993 and after work
was completed a full lease was acquired
in 1996. With the aid of some grants and
a lot of volunteer labour it was saved
being a total loss and turned into an
important base for the operation of what
was then a proposed trip boat and public
area for local visitors.
Work on Crooklands Stables began in
the Autumn of 1993. The aim was to
restore a derelict stable block and
replant the paddock to create a display
area and picnic site.
The task to began with the removal of
all ivy and undergrowth from the
structure and to clear the paddock of
rubbish and weeds. The building was
stripped of all rotten timber and was
completely repointed and re-roofed
using some of the original slates.
O n c e t h e
paddock had
been cleared of
weeds, grass
was planted to
c r e a t e a
meadow with
field poppies and
other wi ld
flowers. Picnic
tables and seats
were then
provided for
public use. Copies of photographs
taken at the time have revealed to
those of us not around at the time, the
terrific amount of work undertaken and
the splendid long lasting results that
were attained. Plans for possible new
work in the paddock have recently been
discussed with BW and there has been
much said about the removal/
preservation of the mature tree now
standing in the centre of the paddock.
Clearly, this tree was not around in
1993 . Was it self set or was it planted?
What was the building really for?
At the time restoration about to
commence the following Article was
written about the structure.
‘The building was of single storey
construction, in limestone, with a pent, slate
roof. Entrance is by a single door facing the
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The Stables,
Crooklands
What a mess?
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canal of a width sufficient to allow
access and egress of one horse at a
time, Originally, the building does not
appear to have had any windows in
its construction, suggesting that the
door may originally have been of a
barn door type.
Research has revealed little of its
history, but it appears almost certainly
to have had connections with the
canal. Its rear wall forms part of the
boundary wall between the canal and
towpath and the Milnthorpe road, yet
why it was built at this location
remains a mystery - there are no
other examples of a stable of this size and
construction detail anywhere else on the
entire length ot the canal, though this is not
to say that others may not have existed at
some time. In this respect therefore the
stable appears to be unique.
Another mysterious feature is its position in
respect of sites it may have been built to
serve. It lies approximately 100 yards to
the north of Crooklands Bridge on the
North West (towpath) side of the canal.
Some 300 yards further north there are
the remains of a wharf which was
previously unknown to the Trust until a
working party revealed the wharf wall. This
together with a large gateway in the
boundary wall, giving access to the
Milnthorpe Road suggests this wharf was
built to serve Milnthorpe - but why
was the stable not located on the
wharf itself?
A much better clue lies to the south of
Crooklands Bridge where there is
another extensive wharf, now used by
a local coal merchant. This was
originally constructed to serve the
gunpowder mills at Gatebeck, a short
distance to the east of Crooklands. A
tramway was built to transport the
gunpowder to be taken away by
canal. With the building of the railway
through Milnthorpe the tramway was
extended, crossing the canal by bridge
immediately south of Crooklands
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Clearing the debris, who needed hard hats & hi-viz jackets and isn’t that a ladder
instead of an expensive scaffold?
Who is this mighty man?
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Bridge, the abutments of this being extant
from where it followed the Milnthorpe
Road to the railway station on the south
westerly side of the road.
The tramway was operated by horses shod
with copper shoes, to prevent sparking and
reducing the risk of explosion. However
copper would have been too soft for the
boat horses on a rough towpath. Another
Interesting fact is that the boats which
carried the gunpowder from Gatebeck
were not used for any other cargo and
would have returned empty to this wharf.
Therefore it seems likely that
the stable was built
specifically for the horses
working the gunpowder
boats. The stable was
constructed a distance away
from the wharf so as not be
at risk of causing a spark
from their shoes whilst boats
were being loaded, and since
the boats would not be travelling further
north, stabling would be required at this
location.
Whatever the reason the building appears
to be a unique feature of the Lancaster
Canal -but more importantly the stable
furniture has remained in situ and
largely intact over the passing of time.
However the building is decaying rapidly
and is at such an advance state that it is
not considered to be worthy of
protecting a building of special scientific
interest. The Trust, wishes to arrest the
decay by repairing the walls and
providing a new slate roof which will
protect this unique structure and its fittings
for the benefit of generations to come.’
DC
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New roof going on
Lastly the slates
And finally a nicely dug and levelled paddock
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Ed Next edition we may take a visual look
at the early boat operations.
But then……
A few months ago I received a letter
from Gordon Biddle, to whom I thank, &
which was held over due to space
considerations but now seem relevant to
air as another view of the original use of
the Crooklands stables. I quote.
‘Recently I attended a lecture entitled
Packet Boats to Kendal by Dr Andrew
White, when the speaker speculated that
the building, (Farleton Stable Buildings),
might have served as stables for the
packet horses. It is two storeys high,
built against canal embankment with
ground floor doors on one side and first
floor doors leading on to the towing
path on the other. We know that stables
were built at five miles intervals for
changing horses, and because the
Farleton building is only about two miles
from the old stable restored by the trust
at Crooklands it has always seemed to
me that the Farleton building was more
likely to have been used in connection
with the extensive lime traffic from the
various limekilns nearby.
A broad track, wide enough for a horse
and cart, runs from it alongside the canal
to the A6070 road at Farleton Turnpike
Bridge, whence a lane leads direct to the
kilns. Bagged lime from the kilns could
have been taken to the canal, stored in
the building and hoisted up to the wharf
for loading into boats. The building
appears to have incorporated living
accommodation, doubtless for the
‘wharfinger’.
Someone, I cannot remember who, once
suggested to me that the building was in
fact a packet stable and that the one at
Crooklands was not for canal horses at
all but for Gatebeck tramway horses, the
line having passed alongside it with a
siding on to the wharf, but if that were
the case why would there be a need to
change horses? The tramway was only
three to four miles long, with no steep
gradients and well within the capacity of
a horse hauling a single wagon. So I am
back to the theory that the Crooklands
stables were for packet boat horses and
the Farleton building was for the lime
trade.
Large scale Ordnance Survey maps show
the Farleton building, but with no clue as
to its purpose. However, many years ago
when I was researching the history of
the canal I was able to see a set of
2chains to the inch plans of the canal
dated about 1880 which showed
everything in great detail. They were
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Towpath side, Farleton Stables
The rear undercroft entrance
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kept by British Waterways at its Leeds
office, in the days when the Lancaster
was controlled from there, and in spare
time I steadily worked my way through
them northwards, making notes about
features of interest. Unfortunately my
job took me away from the north of
England before I reached Farleton. I can't
remember the details and all my notes
have long since gone to the Lancashire
Record Office at Preston, but if the plans
still exist somewhere in British
Waterways archives they would
probably give the answer. Is there
someone in the trust or at BW who
could find out?
Yours sincerely
Gordon Biddle
Ed. I think we have a large scale plan
within the Trust. We will try to ascertain
the position. No doubt there are other
members out there who have their own
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Lancaster Canal Trust
Outing to The Falkirk Wheel.
Saturday May 14th
2011.
There are still few places left on this LCT trip
to Falkirk, including: a 50 minute trip through
the Wheel and along the new canal spur.
The coach (Messrs Bibby,s) will leave
Lancaster at 7.30am (Subject to change !)picking up at Carnforth, Burton, Holme and
Milnthorpe. A stop will be made at Moffat and on to Falkirk to arrive 12.00 to 12.30.
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You left us sitting out a rainstorm in
Henley en route to the IWA
National, after an eventful journey
southward. Boaters were not the
only folk aiming for the Reading area
as next day we saw thousands upon
thousands of music fans heading for
the annual rock festival. Locals
displayed entrepreneurial spirit; it
seemed anyone who owned a small
dinghy was plying for hire as a water-
taxi or ferry to beat the queues! We
hit a queue of our own at Caversham
Lock. as boats were now massing for
the final approach to Beale Park, and
had to hover in mid-stream for about
an hour and half to wait our turn..
At the festival venue over 500 boats,
including Dutch barges and working
boats, had formed a temporary
waterborne village. As this was our
first visit to the show by water, it felt
quite different to be residents of an
instant community. Arriving on site in
the early evening, we made a splash
as we moored up on our trot of six
boats abreast when the Captain fell
in! Fortunately we were in the
bankside shallows so he heaved
himself out with no ill effects beyond
wet clothing but the crew was in
shock for 24 hours.
LCT’s presence at the show has been
documented in Pat Clapham’s lively
report (WW Autumn 2010 edition).
We stayed on as the festival ended
and spent a quiet day exploring
Pangbourne and the zoo, gardens and
model boat collection at Beale Park
itself. The journey home began
through familiar territory as we had
done this section of the Thames
before, though this time we
continued on the river instead of
going via Isis Lock onto the Oxford
Cana l . There
were superb
meadow vistas as
w e p a s s e d
Godstow Priory
and we were
fascinated by the
opera t ion o f
King’s Lock which
still retains its
slightly unusual
manual paddle
gear.
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Why Did The Chicken
Cross The Canal?
Fran and Mike’s Cruise
Part 2
Moored under the trees near Days
lock on the Thames
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We hit a bottleneck
on the narrow
Duke’s Cut and had
to merge into the
queue going north
on the Southern
Oxford as, despite
t he s t a g ge red
withdrawal from
Beale Park, there
wa s s t i l l an
unusual ly large
number of boats
using the navigation.
It was slow going
through the locks, though at
Somerton Deep Lock the delay was
due more to animal antics than
congestion. Having just assisted a boat
crew going in the opposite direction
and found the gear very stiff, we were
glad to spot another boat approaching
who might help us through.
While the boat was in the lock, a
chicken emerged from the hedge and
scuttled to the canal edge by the lock
gate. Teetering on the brink, it was
panicked into trying to fly to the other
side but, being a chicken, it missed.
The lady from the other boat knelt to
scoop it out, whereupon it scuttled
into the hedge on the other side and
remained there with its head stuck
into the bushes, presumably
embarrassed by the whole incident.
All this mayhem had excited the dogs
from the other boat, one of which
attempted to run back across the
across the narrow lock gate ledge and
it, too, promptly fell in. More scooping
and scuttling and by this time we were
all in stitches, falling about with mirth.
Back at Braunston we had to post off
our generator for repair again, it
having failed once more, so the Crick
Tunnel passed by in a flurry of hand
washing as we could not use the
machine. We were the star turn for a
coach party of gongoozlers at the
Foxton flight who quizzed us about
the serenity of ‘barge’ life. Next day at
Kibworth was a very different story as
we had problems with drained pounds
and leaks and had to do a lot of
juggling with paddles and gates to
make forward progress. All this in the
rain, so not very serene!
The news from the Leeds-Liverpool
regarding water shortages and
closures was still not good, so we had
decided to return via a quicker and
shorter route by way of the Rivers
Trent and Aire, approaching Skipton
from the east. At this point the crew
mutinied, daunted by the prospect of
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Newark lock and castle on the Trent
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tideways, huge locks and seagoing
vessels dominating the waterway.
Fortunately, a post on the Canal
World website resulted in the arrival
of Hairy Neil who crewed the boat
from Loughborough to Leeds while
Fran went home.
The Trent is far more rural than the
Thames with very limited mooring
and so tends to be a through route
rather than a destination in itself.
The tidal section requires a degree
of planning to ensure that you time
your passage to be with the tide and
not against it, and have the necessary
charts to make sure you are in the
main channel and avoid the shallows
and sunken islands. From the last
Trent lock down to Keadby, where
you leave the Trent and join the
Stainforth and Keadby canal, takes
about 9 hours cruising time with an
overnight stop at Gainsborough.
Here, the rise and
fall of the river
with the tide can
be up to 9 feet
and so the use of
t h e f l o a t i n g
p o n t o o n i s
mandatory. The
captain and relief
crew arrived in
Leeds after 6 days
having followed an
itinerary which
included a good
number of real ale
pubs, of which the
Eight Jolly Brewers at Gainsborough
was deemed the best.
From Leeds it was a short three day
hop back to Skipton. Although we
had done this stretch several times
before, we had a new experience at
Field Triple Lock where we crossed
over in the middle chamber with a
boat going the other way. The
Bingley Three and Five Rises are
always different; this time we had
some Aussie tourists watching our
ascent who were full of questions
and amazed at these engineering
wonders of the waterways.
Journey’s end was on September 28,
three months to the day since we
had set out on our epic voyage.
Doing the National by boat was an
experience we would definitely
repeat, so next July will see us
mooring up in Burton-on-Trent.
M&F V
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Some of the 500 boats at the IWA National
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Lune Aqueduct Update
British Waterways submitted detailed
plans to the Hertigage Lottery Fund in
September following two years of
studies and surveys to develop a plan
to restore the iconic Aqueduct into its
former glory. In December their pro-
posals were given the green light with
the awarding of a £1m HLF grant
Nearly 250 years since the birth of
famous canal engineer John Rennie
who revolutionised canal engineering
and created arguably his finest struc-
ture, the Lune Aqueduct is set for a
21st Century makeover.
The Lune Aqueduct has been awarded
a grant to transform the 200 year old
Grade I listed structure which carries
the picturesque Lancaster Canal over
the River Lune. British Waterways will
match fund the project with £1.25mil-
lion funding with contributions from
Lancaster City Council, Lancashire
County Council and Lancaster Canal
Trust.
The proposed programme of works
will be split over two phases com-
mencing immediately and will include;
Phase 1 Engineering Works (January –
March 2011)
- Installation of a reinforced concrete
canal lining to seal leakage at the inter-
face between the aqueduct and the
North embankment.
Pha se 2 Eng i nee r ing Works
(November – March 2012)
- Repairs to the aqueduct’s masonry
canal trough to seal leakage, structural
repairs and replacement of canal bank
protection on adjacent embankments.
The above engineering works will be
completed during the traditional win-
ter stoppage season. Additional Works
to the structure will either be done
during this stoppage season or if the
possible, during the regular boating
season. The additional enhancements
will include;
- The restoration of historic masonry
and stonework, inc. balustrade repairs,
vegetation removal, repointing and
graffiti removal.
- Access improvements between the
canal aqueduct and the River Lune as
well as resurfacing canal towpaths, re-
placing fencing and providing interpre-
tation signage.
- Landscaping a 2km area of the river
corridor, which will increase the
prominence of the aqueduct against
the landscape.
- Educational, training and volunteering
activities
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B ritish
Waterways
Update...
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- Create a visitor car park
- We will also employ a full-time pro-
ject officer on the site to oversee a
range of activities on site over a
three year period and to contribute
to volunteer development on the
canal.
The scheme will be completed with
an interpretation plan tied to the ca-
nal heritage and environment which
will include a teaching resource
aimed at the local schools.
The plans will add value to the herti-
age rich city of Lancaster and make
the Grade I listed aqueduct more
accessible and visually appealing to
visitors, in addition to underpinning
the structural integrity of the historic
aqueduct for decades to come.
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MILESTONE RESTORATION
The wooden replica plaques are now ready
for fixing on the milestone at Ingol, but first
the stone itself has to be treated and then
coated with white Snowcem or similar
material, which means that fine weather,
free from frost, is needed. As soon as this
has been done, the plaques can be fixed
and the restored stone displayed for
inspection by British Waterways who, if they
are satisfied with the work, have indicated
that they will give us permission to carry
on with the rest. The whole job, will, of
course, take several years to complete,
but meanwhile most of the stones have
been located thanks to the efforts of
Messrs Gavan and Slater and the kind co-
operation of the County Archivist and his
staff at the Record Office, Preston, who
have placed their set of early Ordnance
maps at our disposal for this purpose.
The plaques are intended to replace
the old iron ones which were removed
during the war and later scrapped.
North of Lancaster the task will be
easier, where the distances are cut in
the stone and so
need only painting in.
Arrangements are in
hand :with our
member John Todds,
of Bolton-le-Sands, to
form a small working
party to commence
restoration north of
Lancaster.
40 Years ago In edition 13 of Waterwitch for Autumn 1970 the following article appeared.
We have also found a photo of this event which is also reproduced.
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THAMES ROWERS
CRUISE THE CANAL by Cliff Colborne;
photos by Sue Milton
In July, a small flotilla of Thames
Traditional Boat Society craft visited
the Lancaster Canal as part of their
annual summer cruise.
The TTBS exists to promote the
preservation, building and use of
traditional wooden unpowered craft.
Those visiting included seven clinker
skiffs, a gig (which is similar but of
different construction), a clinker
dinghy, a genuine Canadian canoe,
and another canoe built by a
boatbuilder member which can be
paddled, rowed or sailed.
They were owned and crewed by a
total of twenty-one Members, of
whom five couples camped in their
boats. Others had tents, some were
in campervans, and a few stayed first
at Olde Duncombe Guest House,
and later at Longlands Hotel,
Tewitfield..
Sue and I had recce'd by road the
previous year, and again by
narrowboat via the Ribble Link in
May, to identify launching sites and
find the very few places to camp
where the towpath was wide enough
without obstructing it for walkers
and cyclists, plus pub stops for
lunches, tea and coffee breaks, and
evening meals when not cooking on
board.
We also sought interesting places to
visit on free days. The Lancaster
Canal Guide was invaluable, with
much information not found in
Nicholson's which we also used.
We trailed the boats by road on
Saturday 24th or Sunday and
launched at the very helpful Moons
Bridge Marina, before rowing back to
The Hand and Dagger for the first
night's camp, because new Landlords
Michael and Karen had been so
helpful on our recce by agreeing to
let us store the cars trailers for a
week. We had booked the rear
restaurant area for a group meal
there, which was excellent value and
quality. After a rainy night, several
campers chose to return for
breakfast as well.
On Monday, we rowed the 7 miles
to Owd Nell's Tavern, mainly in rain,
where as well as sampling the wide
range of brews, several crews bought
lunch. Garstang was scheduled for a
tea or beer break and exploration,
but due to the lack of moorings
which we could watch from the pub
(whoever thought of blocking the
entire frontage of Th'Owd Tithe
Barn with long-term moorings?), we
continued to Grieve's Farm by Bridge
73 for the second night. Here, we
were able to moor all the boats on a
good, mown towpath with the tents
and campervans together on the
small caravan site.
We had been very lucky to find this
during the recce, as there's no
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mention of it in the Guide, and the
other sites mentioned in our older
edition have now become permanent
holiday parks. The Proprietors
couldn't have been more helpful, and
had agreed the use of some hard
standing for barbecues, the adjacent
function room to eat and shelter
from the wind and rain, and use of
facilities by the whole party, as well
as letting us temporarily store our
campervan and trailer
On Tuesday, we rowed on to the
Canalside Craft Centre at Galgate,
where some bought lunch or hot
soup while others visited the pub or
ate aboard. In the afternoon, we
sculled down the Glasson Branch,
where another Member's skiff joined
us, having launched at Thurnham Mill
where its crew were staying. Several
of the locks had paddles not working,
just as they had been back in May.
Do BW do no repairs? (And why is
their local office at Galgate Marina
disguised as a cottage, without
signage?)
After crossing the choppy Glasson
Basin, the boat campers used the
grassy overnight moorings on the far
side, and the tents and campervans
pitched discreetly where the long
term moorers park. Most people
wandered around the dock, studied
the interpretive signs, visited the
herring smokehouse, and
walked up to the viewpoint.
Again some patronised the pubs.
It rained again overnight. After
drying the tents and covers, we
returned up the branch on
Wednesday. On reaching Galgate,
boats were moored and tents set up
on a wide bit of towpath near the
Craft Centre. Lunch and beer
arrangements were repeated, and the
afternoon was free for those who
wished to take the bus to Garstang
for the exploration and shopping
previously missed. Others used the
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Spar store in Galgate.
Thursday 29th remained dry but
chilly, and we rowed the four miles
to Lancaster for lunch at the Water
Witch. With the Ribble Link
closed due to water shortage
on the Leeds & Liverpool, the
moorings, as elsewhere, were
almost deserted. We sat
outside in the sun! After a
couple of hours, during which
some made a preliminary foray
into the town, we rowed on
between the fine historic buildings to
the Lune Aqueduct, where we
moored awhile to view it from
below.
Unfortunately some o f the
balustrade had been vandalised since
May, and replaced by ugly red plastic
fencing. A skiff's sculls are slightly too
long to row across comfortably, so
one Member decided to hand-tow,
ending up with about six of them in
long string, while their crews
relaxed!.
The crews camped by the picnic
tables before Hest Bank, but were
dismayed to find the loos closed due,
apparently, to a dispute between the
local authority and BWB as to who
should fund repairs. What should
have been the landing stage
for the Hotel (where many
of us ate) was reserved for
the Packet Boat, as indeed
were several other good
spots. We wouldn't have
minded if the boat were
actually running, but when
we saw it neglected on its
mooring we were sad and
annoyed in equal measure.
We campervanners crossed the
railway and hid beyond the houses
virtually on the beach. In fact, we
stayed there for two nights, as Friday
was planned as a free day to either
laze on the beach or visit nearby
attractions.
As it rained all day, there were no
takers for the beach option, though
s e v e r a l pe op l e wa l k ed t o
Morecambe. Others took buses
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there, or to Lancaster for the
Maritime Museum, or Carnforth for
the Brief Encounter experience and
the fascinating exhibition in the old
station. A couple even took a return
train ride to Barrow in Furness just
to be in the dry!
Our final day was dry, and we
enjoyed the occasional views across
the vast sands of Morecambe Bay and
towards the crags of the Lake
District. Mid morning found us in
The Canal Turn at Carnforth for
coffee (or beer) before rowing the
final four and a half miles to
Tewitfield, where we were booked in
for an end-of- cruise lunch at
Longlands Hotel.
The afternoon was spent walking up
the locks, pulling out the boats which
were not being slept upon, fetching
cars and trailers from the Hand and
Dagger and preparing for the
morrow's departure for Lake
Windermere and the second week of
our cruise.
Unusual though the sight of our
boats was, this was not the first visit
by alien craft. One Member rowed
the Canal by skiff in the heat and
drought of 1984 from Carnforth to
Preston, eating and overnighting in
mainly expensive hotels. He
described its beauty and the
friendliness of everyone, but also its
shortcomings: reeds and yellow lilies
from bank to bank in places, and
constant fouling on stones and gravel.
The intended slipway at Catforth was
unusable as the boatyard had closed
and a large residential narrow boat
was moored across it.
About fifteen years ago, a party
including some of this year's
participants had sculled and camped
from Tewitfield to Moons Bridge,
mainly in the rain. Then as now they
expressed sadness at the loss of line
beyond Tewitfield, but we all hope
that after another fifteen we
shall be able to continue up the
locks to Kendal. Mind you,
some of us will be over 80 by
then. Hope the locks won't be
too heavy!
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2Gerry Stokes 27 John Davenport 52David Currington 77Blank
3Bob Seed 28 Nellie Geere 53Keith Bye 78Blank
4Blank 29 Mark Houghton 54Angela Acott 79W James Waring
5Sheila Slater 30 Frank Sanderson 55Nellie Fogg 80Eric Golden
6Cath Davenport 31 E Ann Allwright 56Peter Jones 81Dilys Golden
7Mike Wilkinson 32 Frank Hodson 57Keith Midgley 82Jeff Dunn
8Nick Brown 33 John Muncaster 58Gillian Greer 83Adrian Hughes
9Martyn Clapham 34 John Muncaster 59Beryl Bowcott 84Blank
10Gerry Stokes 35 Dadson 60Peter Thomas 85Blank
11David Shepherd 36 Bates 61Helen Thomas 86Blank
12Richard Ogilvy 37 Blank 62Tony Fisher 87Blank
13Don Cook 38 Blank 63Kathleen Hughes 88Angela Seed
14Fred Butterworth 39 Blank 64Ken Broadhurst 89Frank Sanderson
15Pat Clapham 40 Neil McGarry 65Ken Broadhurst 90Sue Sanderson
16Edna Sibbert 41 Alec Hornby 66Cath Davenport 91Alistair Gregory
17D E Penny 42 Janet Hornby 67Elsie Gregg 92Mark Houghton
18John Bailey 43 Reg Phillips 68John Caley 93Richard Trevitt
19Gerald Rigby 44 Elizabeth Jackson 69Hal Bagot 94Blank
20Bill Wappett 45 Gordon Clapham 70 Ian Hill 95John Taylor
21P J Best 46 Sandra Henstock 71Bill Dixon 96Blank
22Joan Wilkinson 47 Joyce Woodhouse 72Sue Dixon 97Blank
23Liz Phillips 48 Anthony Greer 73Kathleen Hughes 98Blank
24Howard Broomby 49 G. Alan Wilson 74William Stock 99Blank
25Angela Broomby 50 G W Jones 75Doreen Stock 100Blank
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THE
LANCASTER
CANAL
100 Club Prizes: 1st £25; 2nd £15;
3rd £10. Winning Numbers since
last Issue
Members of the 100 club may remember that there were delays by our Bank when transferring account details of our new Treasurer (nothing new there then!) Numbers were drawn but not published until this matter was resolved. All winners should now have been notifies but below are the winning number for all members to see.
1st 2nd 3rd
21 7 90 July
6 100 62 August
35 5 13 September
50 36 22 October
95 14 83 November
98 48 9 December
January 99 64 50
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President
C.H.Bagot J.P. F.R.I.C.S.,D.L
Vice - Presidents
John Gavan
David Slater
Chairman
Richard Trevitt 2 Fern Bank, Lancaster. LAI 4TT (01524) 846303
Vice - Chairman
Helen Thomas 7 Bay View, Over Kellet, Carnforth, LA6 1DR
(01524) 735504
Secretary
David Currington 12 Sedbergh Road Kendal LA9 6AD (01539) 732599
Treasurer
Peter Smith 14 Blencathra Gardens Kendal LA9 7HL (01539)
Membership Secretary
Alan Mather 15, Claughton Ave Bolton BL2 6US
Public Relations Officer
Trisha Buzzard 07802438412
Waterwitch Editor
David Currington 12 Sedbergh Road Kendal LA9 6AD (01539) 732599
Working Party Organiser
Richard Trevitt 2 Fern Bank, Lancaster. LAI 4TT (01524) 846303
Grants Officer
Chris Jones Apt 305, Liberty House, Yard 5, Highgate, Kendal,
Cumbria LA9 4BU 07816 874563
LANCASTER CANAL TRUST Officers and Committee
August 2010
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C.A.R.P. Ltd
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Water Farm Boat hire South Lakeland District Council
Westmorland & North Lancashire
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The Lancaster Canal Trust (Registered Charity No. 240957)
c/o David Currington, 12 Sedbergh Road, Kendal, LA9 6AD
The Lancaster Canal Trust may not agree with the opinions expressed in this magazine but encourages publication as a matter of interest. Nothing printed may be construed as policy, or an official announcement, unless so stated - otherwise the Trust accepts no liability for
any matter in the magazine.
The editor retains the right to edit any article or letter submitted for publication.
The deadline for contributions to the next edition of
Waterwitch
will be 30th April 2011
Contributions may be e-mailed to
Or by post to
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Alan Mather
Acting Boat Operations Manager
(01204) 521031
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Déjà vu Hincaster Horse Path
East Accommodation Bridge
during clean up in 1980
East Accommodation Bridge
just before clean up in 2008
T’was ever thus!
See you again in 28 years!