Re: Manchester mooring etc

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:34:43 +0000, Martin Clark <martin@xxxxxx>
finished tucking into his plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. wiping
his mouth, he swiggged the last of his cup of tea, paid the bill and
wrote::


You should be able to get from Marple Aqueduct to Ducie Street Junction
in 7 to 8 hours, depending on how many crew you have for operating the
Ashton Locks (i.e. less time if you have someone ahead setting locks).
The Rochdale Nine could take 2 to 3 hours, depending on how many crew.

With two doing locks (and BW helping down the Nine) we managed
Portland Basin to The Barge at Monton (over the Barton Swing Aqueduct)
in a not-too-rushed day of 14 1/2 miles and 27 locks.



Brian L Dominic

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