End of the Rochdale

A quiet place in the country

Hebdon Bridge, services on the left and visitor moorings on right.

H B from the other end, a very nice town.

Name this!!.

This is Tuel Lane lock, the deepest working lock in the Country at 20ft

Sowerby Bridge Basin, end of the Rochdale, start of the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

Moored for the weekend in Sowerby Basin.



A quiet week after all the action of the previous week. We arrived in Hebden Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, Eric had to go home on Wednesday for a couple of days, so we stayed put until Saturday morning and then pulled the pins and cruised down to Sowerby Bridge.

The first lock coming in to Sowerby Bridge is Tuel Lane lock and at 20ft it is the deepest working lock on the whole canal system, it's operated by a lock keeper for safety reasons, when we arrived he was at lunch, so whilst we were waiting the girls went in to the local market and bought a few bits. After his lunch the locki came over to us and explained the workings of the lock and what he wanted us to do, he was very helpful and gave us information about one or two things ahead of us.

So here we are until Monday, it's very quiet in the Basin, not far from the shops, and with just the odd shower it's ideal.

See you next week.