Wednesday 17th August 2016
Up early & wandered down to the locks with the rubbish, couple of 55′ boats going down, very leaky locks & not much space behind when gates open to leave. a bit apprehensive as on the trip so far we have only ascended the locks all the way to the summit of the Leeds & Liverpool & it seems an age since we descended. Unlike some folk, I don’t mind going up but I hate going down in these short locks. We have a tarpaulin skirt around the deck now, protection for the animals but helped my worries about water gushing onto the deck. We have had so many previous trials with this boat it is taking me a long while to get my confidence with her, but it’s coming.
Just setting off towards Barrowford Top Lock when another boater asks to share the 7 locks with us. Jeremy & Rachel on nb Phoebe Joan, what a lovely couple & they now have two mugs with their boat sign writing on.
They waited for us at Reedley Marina as we planned to stop there but there are no moorings outside the marina & we were told next suitable stop would be Bridge 130b outside The Wharf pub in Burnley after the embankment
Not in the plan for today but off we went.
We noticed that we have lost our picturesque scenery & the surrounding areas were a lot more industrialised & a lot of old wharf buildings & rubbish, we hadn’t seen any rubbish really since we started our trip.
We dipped in & out of old mills buildings, industry & green areas again.
Just before the embankment I thought I might be back in Yorkshire again by the name on this new widebeam!
We cruised along the mile long Burnley embankment, not very scenic but the views over Burnley were quite interesting, shops & town centre one side & the old cobbled streets lined with row of houses.
Looking back along the embankment 60ft above the town.
The end of the embankment.
We came across this oddity on the way into Burnley. I have no idea what it is or why it is there!
We moored up behind nb Phoebe Joan on Burnley wharf & have all decided a visit to town & a bit of shopping tomorrow.
9 Miles 7 Locks 0 Swing Bridges 0 Tunnels 5 Hours
nb That's D'riculous 
Ahh, that’ll be the Exbury Egg that you spotted, read more here: http://superslowway.org.uk/projects/the-egg/
Thanks Allan, that is fascinating. We couldn’t find any reference to it on the internet.