Friday 19th August 2016
So Burnley wasn’t too bad, we moored the night under the wharf canopy, near The Wharf pub, room for about 4-5 boats, it was very quiet & we had no issues what so ever.
Today we walked into town about 5 mins away to collect some stock & raid the charity shops. Our travelling new companions had decided they wanted to visit an event at one of the museums with live demonstrations of cloth making but still wanted to head for Blackburn later that day, we set off about 1pm as we needed to fill up with water at the CRT depot in Rose Grove, Burnley, who ironically have a card pump out machine but don’t sell the cards! We had a look at the piles of detritus taken out of the canal during the recent dredging prior to the Blackburn & Burnley canal festivals & the Leeds & Liverpool Canal 200th anniversary celebrations flotilla.
We had come through Burnley with
nothing more than a few plastic bags & some weed on the prop, so after this lot being hauled out, fingers crossed we can get through Blackburn unscathed.
Leeds & Liverpool Short Boat Kennet was moored at the CRT Burnley depot, ready to head off for Leeds in a couple of weeks to lead the flotilla.
It was quite pleasant coming out of Burnley but you can still see many signs of the previous weaving & textile industry all around you.
We then came to the Gannow Tunnel, a doddle after Foulridge, only 559yds long but beware of a very tight turn when you exit, its easy if there are no oncoming boats, but plenty of widebeams on this canal & that could be a bit tricky.
It starts to get greener again as you leave Burnley behind.
We headed for Hapton for the night, the cottage by the towpath had a trig point in the garden.
It was a lovely evening & we sat out & enjoyed a few drinks with our new friends Jeremy & Rachel,
6 Miles 0 Locks 4 Swing Bridges 2.5hrs
nb That's D'riculous 
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