Tue Jun 10th - 14 miles, 3 locks - Thorne to Rawcliffe Total cruising time 5 hours.
Addendum to last night. Two pubs shown in Thorne, The Rising Sun on the South side of the navigation has closed. The Canal Tavern on the North side was open, so I wandered in for a drink. My eyes lit up when I saw that the only real ale was Black Sheep. Sadly, this batch appears to have been brewed by Sarsons, as it was almost undrinkable. I left after half a pint! Moved off from my overnight mooring at 9.35am, up through Thorne lock and Swing Bridge to Stanilands Marina where Arun was to be slipped out. This happened at 10.30am and revealed a rudder with a distinct kink in it. The man from Thorne Boat services was already there, and had the rudder off, straightened and refitted in three and a half hours (including a half hour break for lunch). Back in the water by 2.25pm just in time to see the boat I had come down from West Stockwith with leaving the landing stage for Thorne lock and Swing Bridge. We shared the work at Bramwith Swing Bridge and Bramwith lock. Me doing the bridge, they the lock. They were mooring there by Bramwith Junction, so I didn't see them again, although I might meet them again as I traverse the North East waterways. I turned hard right at the Junction at 3.55pm, heading up the New Junction Canal. Through the various swing and lift bridges and Sykehouse lock and turned right at Southfield Junction at 6.15pm. Moored for the night outside the Black Horse at Rawcliffe, only to find that this has closed as well. No beer for me tonight. :-( Tomorrow's plan is out onto the Ouse at Goole and up the Derwent, probably stopping at Stamford Bridge. Sadly, Cottingworth lock is out of action for the foreseeable future, so the Pocklington Canal will not feature on Arun's itinerary this time. Terry Streeter NB Arun - Rawcliffe
