And now, the Huddersfield Narrow

Wednesday and a day to say farewell to broad canals for a while because now we are moving onto the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. 

Through a couple of very low tunnels and here we are, our first narrow lock for quite some while. 

But, what now? Brakes on and moor as a C&RT linesman tells us that the first pound is low on water and we will need to wait 1 hour while they let water down. The main problem is that the pounds a very short and if you take too much water down, you cause problems further up. 

But, after exactly 1 hour, through we go and we are on our way. 

Because of the water shortage there is another linesman around to see us through the next lock. 

Look at the width of the canal ahead of the boat - it really is narrow. 

See what I mean? 

We didn't get as far as anticipated but stopped at Milnsbridge for the night where there are good moorings. Only 2 miles and 8 locks. We thought we would save our strength for the following day.