Steve Haywood wrote... >2008/10/6 Bob Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> eeerrr... no, you don't agree with him. He wants to do the double >> crossing of the Pennines on his way from the Lancaster to the Peak >> Forest. To avoid a double passage of the Ashton, he needs to go >> straight on at the top of the Rochdale Nine and do rest of the >> Rochdale first, Huddersfield last. >> >You're absolutely right. I read it carelessly that he'd be entering the ring >FROM the Peak Forest, not LEAVING it. But I still agree with him. Do >anything to avoid the Ashton twice. > Why is that? The Ashton is a good example of an urban canal and is safe enough if you do it during school hours. If Richard goes round clock-wise he would end up not doing the Ashton at all, which would mean he has not completed the South Pennine Ring. If you're not bothered about doing the whole ring, Richard, then go around clockwise, but don't be put off doing the Ashton by any misleading bad-mouthing of it.
Check out the "virtual cruises" along all of these canals on the Pennine Waterways site http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk and see before you travel! -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
