January
Saturday Jan 19
The 13th anniversary of the Horseboating Society, which was founded on 19 Jan 2001. A day for everyone to shout out, Hussah! and Hurrah!
Friday January 3
Start of the Chinese New Year, 2014 being the Year of the Horse! Many celebrations in major cities over the previous and following weeks.
March
Sat, Sun March 22, 23
Shire Horse Society National Show, venue changed from Peterborough to Grantham.
A mostly indoor show with many horse classes: in-hand, driven, and ridden. Plenty of tradestands, indoors & outdoors.
Arena UK Showground, Allington, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG23 2EF. Details www.shire-horse.org.uk
April
Sunday April 6
The Horseboating Society AGM (Click here to see Agenda.)
at 11.00 am followed by a shared lunch together.
In the Education Room of the Tom Rolt Centre at the National Waterways Museum.
http://www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-waterways-museum
http://www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/art-and-the-canal-and-river-trust/in-celebration-of-horseboating – Click on the 2 links, to “horseboating” and the sculptor’s “blog”. A NWM permanent display collection includes narrow and wide beam horseboats.
Sunday April 13
Southern Counties Heavy Horse Association Spring Event
Harbridge Farm, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3PW
Signposted from A338. www.schha.co.uk
Thursday April 17:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow canals.
• Ashton Canal, Guidebridge to Huddersfield Narrow, Heyrod, Lock 8w: 5 miles and 8 locks
Easter Good Friday April 18:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
• Heyrod Lock 8w to Uppermill Lock 21w Saddleworth Museum, 4 miles and 13 locks
Saturday 19, Sun 20, Monday 21 April at Easter:
Easter – Sat, Sun, Mon: The annual Easter Boaters Gathering & Sea Shanty Festival at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-waterways-museum
Easter Sun 20, Easter Mon 21:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip.
See www.cromfordcanal.info
Wed April 23, St.George’s Day: HBS EVENT DAY
Horseboating & Legging with horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
10.00 am start from Lock 21, Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill
Approx 1.00 – 3.30 pm, legging Standedge Tunnel which is 3.25 miles long.
About 4.00 pm the annual HBS St. George & the Dragon play at the Standedge Visitor Centre.
See http://www.standedge.co.uk/ and www.horseboating.org.uk See photos from other years. The “dragon boat” will emerge from the tunnel. Can St. George and his horse save the trembling villagers from the dragon? Beer, gingerbeer and cake for all who survive! 6.30pm The Leggers Supper at The Railway pub in Marsden (anybody is welcome).
Thurs, Fri, Sat April 24, 25, 26:
Horseboating with nb.Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Thurs April 24: Leeds to Armley Mills Museum
• Fri April 25: Armley Mills Museum to Rodley (near Pudsey)
• Sat April 26: Rodley (near Pudsey) to Saltaire
Sat April 26, Sun April 27:
Elland arriving on 26th for the w/e of the Saltaire World Heritage Site Celebrations
Sun April 27:
11.00 am and 2.00 pm harnessing then horseboating demos for WHS Celebrations at Saltaire
Harnessing demos in Roberts Park, over the river from the L & L Canal.
Sat April 26, Sun April 27:
Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) Working Horses weekend:
Meet Joshua, shown in the Heavy Horse World 2014 calendar as the canal boathorse pulling Ilkeston in 2012 on the Grand Union Canal in her centenary year.
COAM, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, HP8 4AB See www.coam.org.uk
Mon 28, Tues 29, Wed 30:
Horseboating with horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Mon April 28: Saltaire to Bingley
• Tues April 29: Bingley to Kildwick
• Wed April 30: Kildwick to Skipton (for Skipton Waterways Festival)
Wed April 30
Horseboating by Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society with horseboat Saturn and one of the boathorses from the Welsh Canal Holiday Craft Co, Llangollen.
From Ellesmere to Gledrid, Llangollen Canal.
See www.saturnflyboat.org.uk
May
Thurs May 1
Horseboating by Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society with horseboat Saturn and one of the boathorses from the Welsh Canal Holiday Craft Co, Llangollen.
From Poachers Pocket pub at Gledrid to Llangollen Wharf.
See www.saturnflyboat.org.uk
1 – 15 May, on some days tba:
Education Days with schools by the Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society.
Horseboat Saturn on display at Llangollen Wharf with visits on board for schools.
Happening at Llangollen Wharf, the base of the Llangollen horse-drawn passenger boats. See www.saturnflyboat.org.uk
Bank Holiday Sat, Sun, Mon May 3-5:
Skipton Waterways Festival, Yorkshire
horseboat Elland on display, no horseboating
Bank Holiday Sun, Mon 4, 5 May:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip. www.cromfordcanal.info
Bank Holiday Monday May 5: HBS EVENT DAY
Horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at the Standedge Visitor Centre
then horseboating with Maria.
HBS Event Day, “Horses at Work at Standedge, C18th to C21st”.
2.00 pm: Harnessing demo explaining about packhorses, wagon horses, and boathorses followed at 4.00 – 7.00 pm by horseboating via Marsden Lock 42e then to West Slaithwaite Lock 31e as a horseboating demonstration and photo opportunity over 3 miles and 11 locks.
See http://www.standedge.co.uk/ and www.horseboating.org.uk
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
• Tues May 6: West Slaithwaite Lock 31e to Slaithwaite Lock 20e
• Wed May 7: Slaithwaite Lock 20e to West Slaithwaite Lock 31e
• Frid May 9: West Slaithwaite to Tunnel End, Standedge Visitor Centre
Sun May 11: HBS EVENT DAY
Horseboating & Legging with horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
At approximately 1.00 – 3.30 pm crew will leg Standedge Tunnel (3.25 miles),
then horseboat with Maria from the tunnel to Diggle Lock 32w to Uppermill; 2 miles and 11 locks
Our legging in 2014 will aim to bring attention to the centenary of the year when David Whitehead supposedly set a record of legging solo through the tunnel in 1 hour 30 mins. Nowadays this claim is viewed sceptically.
In 2014, we remember the outbreak of war in August 1914. Britain’s canals were served by boats which were still mostly horse-drawn. Some canals had never yet had a motorboat on them, including the Huddersfield Narrow. Context – Standedge Tunnel was still being legged while our soldiers were fighting throughout the Great War/WWI.
4 mile guided walk over the tunnel top on the moors, to see the boat enter the tunnel then meet it at the other portal as it exits. Return by walking, car, bus etc.
May 14 – 21:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Huddersfield Narrow and Ashton canals
• Wed May 14: Dobcross/Uppermill to Grove Rd, Millbrook, Lock 8w; 4 miles, 13 locks
• Thurs May 15: Grove Rd, Millbrook Lock 8w to Guidebridge, Ashton Canal; 5 miles, 8 locks
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on Ashton, Lower Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals
• Tues May 20: Guidebridge, Ashton Canal to Marple locks, Lower Peak Forest Canal; 10 miles, 16 locks
• Wed May 21: Marple to Bollington, Macclesfield Canal; 8 miles, 0 locks
Thurs May 22:
Filming with nb Ilkeston at the National Waterways Museum for BBC CeeBeebies, programme called “Your Story”, 10 am – 5 pm.
Sat, Sun, Mon May 24, 25, 26 Spring Bank Holiday Weekend:
Bollington 50th Anniversary Transport & Arts Festival, horseboat Maria on display
Sat 24 May Spring Bank Holiday Weekend:
200th birthday, celebrating the bi-centenary of the Grand Western Canal with a big public festival day at the Mid-Devon County Showground, near Tiverton.
The horse-drawn passenger boat Tivertonian will be operating, celebrating the 40th anniversary of this company, the last horse-drawn barge in the south-west. www.tivertoncanal.co.uk
Also the 2014 IWA National Trailboat Festival, 24-26 May. Illuminated boat parade and a Navvies Fair at Sampford Peverell. Trailboat and camping booking forms available.
May 27 – 30:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Macclesfield and Trent & Mersey canals
• Tues May 27: Bollington to bottom of Bosley locks; 7 miles, 12 locks
• Wed May 28: Bosley locks to Kent Green; 8 miles, 0 locks
• Thurs May 29: Kent Green to Rode Heath; 4 miles, 11 locks
• Fri May 30: Rode Heath to Wheelock; 4 miles to 14 locks
Sat 31 May:
Horseboat Maria on display at Wheelock Wharf outside the canal boathorse stables. Stables open to the public over the weekend.
4 stalls inside, the scene in 2002 of filming “A Tanner A Night, the story of a boathorse stable”, a DVD that is on sale at the National Waterways Museum.
June
Sunday June 1:
Horseboat Maria on display at Wheelock Wharf outside the canal boathorse stables. Stables open to the public over the weekend.
4 stalls inside, the scene in 2002 of filming “A Tanner A Night, the story of a boathorse stable”, a DVD that is on sale at the National Waterways Museum.
June 5 – 8:
Horseboating with horseboats Saturn and Gifford on the Shropshire Union Canal
• Thur June 5, Saturn to Chester, 3 miles via the Northgate Locks
• Fri June 6, National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port to Chester, 8 miles, 0 locks
• Sat, Sun 7, 8 June: Gifford and Saturn on display at the IWA Campaign Festival, Chester basin.
Saturday, Sunday, 7, 8 June:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip. www.cromfordcanal.info
Saturday, Sunday, 7, 8 June:
Horses at War, Remembering WWI & WWII
A special event to commemorate the use of horses in the First and Second World Wars, to include re-enactments, parades, and demonstrations. The role of horses in war, on the battlefield and on the home front will be featured. Canal horses worked on the waterways on the Home Front but some were requisitioned for use abroad in war.
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Nr. Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0EU
See www.wealddown.co.uk
Tues to Fri 10-13 June, on some days:
Education Days with schools by the Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society.
Horseboat Saturn on display at Middlewich with visits on board for schools.
See www.saturnflyboat.org.uk
Friday June 13:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Trent and Mersey canal
• Fri June 13: Wheelock to Middlewich; 6 miles, 8 locks
Saturday, Sunday June 14, 15:
Middlewich FAB (Folk and Boat) Festival.
Several historic boats will be on display including some horseboats, eg Maria, Saturn etc.
HBS harnessing demos on the Salinae Fields, Middlewich
Sunday June 15:
Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) Working Heavy Horse Show in association with the Hertfordshire Heavy Horse Association:
Meet Joshua, shown in the Heavy Horse World 2014 calendar as the boathorse pulling Ilkeston in 2012 on the Grand Union Canal in her centenary year.
COAM, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, HP8 4AB
See www.coam.org.uk
June 16 – 24:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Trent and Mersey then Bridgewater canals
• Mon 16 June: Middlewich to the Lion Salt Works, Marbury on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
• Tues 17 June: Lion Salt Works, Marbury to the Anderton Boat Lift on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Down the Lift, tba.
• Mon 23 June: Anderton Boat Lift to Preston Brook Tunnel. Leg tunnel. Leg 3 tunnels. .
• Tues 24 June: Preston Brook to Lymm on the Bridgewater Canal
Wed, Thurs, Fri 25, 26, 27 June:
Education Days with schools by the Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society.
Horseboat Saturn on display at Lymm with visits on board for schools.
See www.saturnflyboat.org.uk
Saturday 28 June:
In the bi-centenary year of the Grand Western Canal, the horse-drawn passenger boat Tivertonian will be operating, celebrating the 40th anniversary of this company, the last horse-drawn barge in the south-west. Special trip of 3.5 hours, starts 2.00 pm. See www.tivertoncanal.co.uk
Saturday 28 June:
Horseboat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge
No horseboating, movement of boat with shafts, to deliver an Arts Festival performer to her canalside venue at Machpelah Works, making a stage entrance via a cargo-handling doorway on the canal.
Sunday June 29:
Bridgewater Canal, Lymm Historic Transport Day including historic canal boats
Horseboat Maria on display to the public along with a few other boats.
Sun pm only – Boathorse harnessing demo, May Queen Field, Lymm, Cheshire
Sunday June 29:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Bridgewater canal
• Sun June 29: Lymm to Dunham Massey
3.5 miles, 0 locks to Dunham Woodhouse Underbridge
June/July
June 27-July 5, some days, tbc:
The new all year round South Pennine Ring Canal Festival is to include:
horseboat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal, with passenger trips and poetry workshops, as part of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival June 27 – July 5, prior to the Tour de France on Sunday 6 July with cyclists passing alongside the Rochdale Canal at Mytholmroyd.
July
Saturday, Sunday July 5, 6:
Horseboat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge
No horseboating, boat on display at Tour de France boat gathering, showing canal arts and crafts on display as part of the Arts Festival.
Sunday July 6:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip.
See www.cromfordcanal.info
Monday, Tuesday July 7, 8:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Bridgewater Canal
• Mon July 7: Dunham Massey to Stretford
6 miles, 0 locks, overnight at Animal Sanctuary (off Dane Rd)
• Tue July 8: Sale to Castlefield Basin, Manchester
4 miles, 0 locks via towpath closure near Man United Football Gd
Saturday July 12:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Hebden Bridge to Luddenden Foot
3 miles, 4 locks, 1 legging tunnel
Wed 23 July – Sat 20 September
Stage Production of Warhorse, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ
See www.warhorseonstage.com
Saturday July 26:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Luddenden Foot to Hebden Bridge
3 miles, 4 locks, 1 legging tunnel
Bookings: 07711-121-056,
Sunday, Monday July 27, 28:
Horseboating with horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Sun July 27: Gargrave to East Marton
4 miles, 9 locks
• Mon July 28: East Marton to Foulridge
6.5 miles, 3 locks (4 miles along the Summit Level)
Thursday July 31:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Rochdale Canal
• Castlefield to Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
0.5 miles, first 4 locks of the Rochdale 9
Canal & River Trust festival involvement at basin outside the hall.
Maria to attend the festival to promote canal history and heritage.
August
Wednesday July 23 – Saturday September 20
Stage Production of Warhorse, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ
See www.warhorseonstage.com
Friday, Saturday August 1, 2:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Rochdale Canal
• Fri Aug 1: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
No horseboating, Maria at Bridgewater Hall (of Music) Festival,
Canal & River Trust festival involvement at basin outside the hall.
Maria to attend the festival to promote canal history and heritage.
• Sat Aug 2: Bridgewater Hall to Dale Street Basin, Manchester via Canal Street
0.5 miles, 5 locks of the Rochdale 9
NB: This horseboating is extremely difficult because Manchester City Council owns the towing path on Canal Street and it has allowed bars to cover the street with café tables and chairs. Last time we horseboated up here, we had a curfew to be off Canal Street by 11am.
Saturday, Sunday August 2, 3:
Passenger boat Vixen at Hebden Bridge Transport Festival
Horseboating: horse-drawn trips for public available on Sunday.
Finish by horseboating to Mytholmroyd and leaving Vixen there.
Saturday, Sunday August 2, 3:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip.
See www.cromfordcanal.info
Monday August 4:
Horseboating with horseboat Maria on the Ashton Canal
• Dale Street Basin, Manchester to Guide Bridge, home mooring of Maria
5 miles, 18 locks
NB: Completion of the Cheshire Ring with horseboat Maria!
NB: Declaration of war for GB, The Great War (World War I) 1914, Maria would have been in horse-drawn use at this time in England.
Sunday Aug 10:
Harnessing & horseboating demonstrations, Shropshire Union Canal
at Horses at Work event, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.
The Horseboating Society will be demonstrating the role of workhorses from 1914 – 2014 at peace and war with the pack horse, wagon horse and boat horse.
Each horseboating demo to winding hole and return, 2 miles, 1 hour.
Passengers are not taken on the boat, but do walk along for photos.
Other horse-handlers will supply carriage rides and pony rides.
See www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-waterways-museum
Monday, Tuesday August 11, 12:
Horseboating with horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Mon Aug 11: Foulridge Tunnel
No horseboating, legging through Foulridge Tunnel, approx 1 mile
• Tue Aug 12: Foulridge Tunnel (South portal) to Reedley Marina
5 miles, 7 locks
Friday August 15:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Mytholmroyd to Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge
2 miles, 5 locks Bookings: 07711-121-056,
Bank Holiday Monday, August 25:
Horseboating with horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Reedley Marina to the Weavers Triangle, Burnley
3 miles, 0 locks
Horseboating demo for the Aug 23rd – 25th Burnley Canal Festival, over the Burnley Embankment, one of the 7 Wonders of the Waterways.
Friday August 29:
Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• No horseboating – Vixen at Stubbings Wharf, Hebden Bridge.
Passenger boat Vixen at Shaggy Dogs Storytelling, Stubbing Wharf
Evening performances of storytelling in canalside pub.
Saturday August 30:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge
6 miles, 7 locks, 1 legging tunnel Bookings: 07711-121-056,
Sunday August 31:
Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• No horse present – moving Vixen by shafts on Rochdale Canal
Passenger boat Vixen through Tuel Lane Lock, Sowerby Bridge, Britain’s deepest canal lock, to below the locks near the Canal Basin
0.5 miles, Tuel Lane Lock (nos 4 & 3), then locks 2 & 1
September
Wed 23 July – Sat 20 September
Stage Production of Warhorse, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ
See www.warhorseonstage.com
Saturday, Sunday September 6, 7:
Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• No horseboating – passenger boat Vixen on display with canal arts for Sowerby Bridge Rush-bearing Festival, which includes the Canal Basin and the Navigation Inn on its route.
Saturday, Sunday September 6, 7:
Maesbury Canal Festival, Montgomery Canal
Possible horseboating with horseboat Saturn to arrive/depart, tbc.
Friday September 12:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Sowerby Bridge to Luddenden Foot
Optional passenger start points: Lock 2 then Tuel Lane Lock (3 & 4), Britain’s deepest canal lock,
OR join at top of Tuel Lane Lock
2 miles, 3 lock passages (Tuel Lane = locks 3 & 4).
Bookings: 07711-121-056,
September 13 – 21 over 9 days:
Horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Horseboating demos on some days as part of the Saltaire Festival:
Saltaire is a World Heritage Site with the canal running through it. Dates tbc.
Monday 15 September:
Friends of the Cromford Canal, non-members welcome to a talk, 7.30 pm £2.00
Talk: “A Farrier’s Life – Shoeing ponies on the Cromford Canal” by Doug Bradbury. Ironville Church Hall, NG16 5NN
See www.cromfordcanal.info
Saturday, Sunday 20, 21 September:
Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) Working Heavy Horses:
Meet Joshua, shown in the Heavy Horse World 2014 calendar as the canal boathorse pulling Ilkeston in 2012 on the Grand Union Canal in her centenary year.
COAM, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, HP8 4AB
See www.coam.org.uk
Tuesday September 23:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Mytholmroyd to Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge
Includes legging of Fallingroyd Tunnel and going up 5 locks
Bookings: 07711-121-056,
Saturday, Sunday 27, 28 September:
Parkhead Canal Festival, at Parkhead Locks, Dudley Canal, BCN
organised by the Dudley Canal Trust and Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society & Droitwich Canals Society.
Horseboating demos by Jane Muntz-Torres, friend of Jayne Bradley, HBS Midlands representative. Previously demonstrated by Jayne Bradley over several festivals.
Demos on lock flight, including use of pulley at ground-level at top of locks to move boat out of the top lock ,with horse walking in the opposite direction (as HBS does on L & L staircase flights).
At Blowers Green Pumphouse, Pear Tree Lane, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0XP.
See www.dudleytunnel.co.uk
Tuesday September 30:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge to Todmorden
Includes going up 7 locks
Bookings: 07711-121-056,
October:
Saturday, Sunday 4, 5 October:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip.Canals Society See www.cromfordcanal.info
6 – 31 October:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Mon 6 Oct: Todmorden to Grandma Pollard’s, Walsden
Includes going up several locks
• Tue 7 Oct: Walsden to The Summit pub (above Littleborough)
Includes going up several locks then across the Summit amidst glorious scenery
• Mon 13 Oct: The Summit pub to Grandma Pollard’s, Walsden
Includes going across the Summit amidst glorious scenery then down several locks
• Tue 14 Oct: Grandma Pollard’s, Walsden to Todmorden
Includes going down several locks
• Sat 18 Oct: short trips from Todmorden
(provisional)
• Mon 27 Oct: Todmorden to Lob Mill and return
Includes going down then up several locks
• Thur 16 Oct: Todmorden to Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge
Includes going down several locks
• Thur 30 Oct: No horseboating but Towpath Lantern Procession, Todmorden at 7.00 pm start from Bridge 28 Kilnhurst Bridge off Key Sike Lane, Todmorden as part of the Rochdale Canal Festival 2014
Vixen present at Fielden Wharf at the finish point.
• Fri 31 Oct: Todmorden to Stubbing Wharf pub, Hebden Bridge
Includes going down several locks
Bookings: 07711-121-056,
16 – 30 October:
Horseboating with Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Thur 16 Oct: Down the Bingley Five Rise to Saltaire
3 miles, 11 locks
• Wed 29 Oct: Saltaire to Rodley
8 miles, 5 locks
• Thur 30 Oct: Rodley to Leeds
7 miles, 13 locks
November
Saturday, Sunday 1, 2 November:
Horse-drawn public passenger trips on horseboat Birdswood on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire run by The Friends of the Cromford Canal. Return trip.Canals Society See www.cromfordcanal.info
Tuesday November 4:
Horseboating with passenger boat Vixen on the Rochdale Canal
• Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge to Hebden Bridge centre
Bookings: 07711-121-056,