Ripon to Sowerby Bridge

Day 10. Brighouse to Sowerby Bridge

5.5 miles 10 locks 5 hours

nb "Brent III" with Kev & Debs from Rotherham - we locked together as far as Sowerby Bridge, that is when we could both fit into the lock at the same time as some of the locks are a bit short.

Kev and Sue man the gates at Cromwell Lock

The Colliers Arms

Colourful canal-side garden

Elland Lock - too short for both boats

Old lock keepers hut at Elland Lock

Elland

The lower guillotine lock at the Salterhebble-3. When they built the new road there was
not enough space for a conventional lock.

Salterhebble Top Lock

Moorings at Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge

Tuel Tunnel Locks, the deepest in the country

Low water level between Sowerby 1st and 2nd locks

Sowerby Bridge is the home of "Shire Cruisers" narrowboat hire company

The "Zero Point" marker for the Rochdale Canal