The start of the Rufford Arm of the L&L. It's a strange lock as there is a swing bridge as well.
Princes dock, lock 5 Liverpool Link.
The biggest Chinese archway outside of China. Present to Liverpool in 2000 by the sister city of Shanghai.
Mann Island lock, Liverpool link.
Leaving Mann Island lock, Liverpool link.
Liverpool link channel.
The wind turbines provide the electricity to the container terminal.
The old Tobacco Warehouse. they will get a lot of apartments in there. Grade 1 listed building so they cannot demolish it.
BW knocking off for the week-end. Safe storage at Maghull coaches.
Lock cottages, Lock 1 Rufford Arm.
Entrance to the Rufford Arm. Behind the foot bridge is an old dry dock where a busy boat yard used to operate.
There are 2 railway lines crossing the Rufford Arm. This one had twin tracks and two tunnels under.
There's a storm brewing over Tarleton.
Bridge 57 Wigan flight built 1816.
Frederick's famous ice cream parlour, Heath Charnock. It's open 9am - 9pm during the summer.
George Formby at the Grand Arcade shopping complex Wigan.
Barry and Sandra 6 weeks before their wedding in Gisborne. Barry is a Kiwi & Sandra was English but migrated to NZ.
Eanam wharf Blackburn. The gates at both ends of the canopy are locked after 5pm.
Aqueduct across the M65 motorway looking back at Rishton.
A solitary reminder of the 19th century industrial North.
Remains of Beehive coke ovens from Aspen colliery near the village of Church. There were 15 ovens here.A solitary reminder of the 19th century industrial North.
Half way point on the Leeds & LIverpool canal. 63 5/8 miles in either direction.
Peel Arm at Church now dis-used but still in water. A marina in the waiting perhaps?
Weavers Triangle Burnley. The workers couldn't have lived any closer to work.
Coronation Street I hear you say?
Still waiting for the green light to proceed.
All that remains of a tunnel on the Rain Hall rock canal. Leeds & Liverpool canal Barnoldswick.
Rain Hall rock canal with part of the tunnel mouth in the bottom left corner.
The canal aqueduct over the head waters of the river Aire.
Railway bridge over the river Aire near Gargrave.
Dot thought she was at home here in Gargrave, West Riding Yorkshire.
Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Skipton junction with the Springs branch which is limited to 35 ft boats. Skipton wharf is where the 2 cruise boats are moored.
