Steve Heaven wrote... >We're considering a trip up the HNC later this summer. Can someone >answer a couple of questions: > >1) Do you still have to have a BW assisted passage on the Ashton - >Diggle section? >2) Can you wind at Diggle? If not, where is the last winding hole before >the tunnel? > 1) There has never been a requirement for a BW assisted passage from Ashton. The only restriction is the need for a booked passage up the Diggle Locks, from Lock 24w upwards (I say booked rather than assisted, as boaters are usually left to get on with it, with a BW chap keeping an eye on things).
2) You are not allowed to go up to Diggle, wind and come back down again. You may only go up the Diggle Locks if you are booked to go through Standedge Tunnel. Lock 24w is padlocked and only opened to allow booked boats to pass through. The last winding point before the Diggle Locks is at Wool Road, Dobcross - between Locks 23w and 24w, which is a pleasant enough spot to moor, with water and other facilities at hand and The Navigation Inn a few yards along the road. -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.boaterweb.co.uk Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
