It feels like we had a long trip this year, with lots of locks of which the vast majority felt like being broad locks. I have had a look at the year and compiled some figures.
The engine hours were 686.5 hours.
The miles traveled were 1027'.
The locks passed through was 764 locks.
We passed through 13 tunnels including Standedge (1st longest), Blisworth (3rd), Harecastle (5th), Braunston (7th) and Crick (9th). In total our transit through tunnels was 19992 yards which equates to 11.33 miles underground!
We used 1062.6 litres of diesel.
We traveled on 38 different canals and waterways. Just to be pedantic I will list them;
Stainforth and Keadby Canal
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
River Trent
Chesterfield Canal
Fossedyke Canal
River Witham
Nottingham and Beeston Canal
Erewash Canal
Upper Trent
Trent and Mersey Canal
River Soar
Grand Union, Leicester Arm
Grand Union, Market Harborough Arm
Grand Union, Welford Arm
Grand Union
Grand Union, Aylesbury Arm
Grand Union, Paddington Arm
Regent's Canal
Hertford Union Canal
Lee Navigation
River Stort
Limehouse Cut
Bow Creek
Three Mills River
St Thomas Creek
Prescott Channel
Deptford Creek
River Thames
North Oxford Canal
Coventry Canal
Macclesfield Canal
Peak Forest Canal
Ashton Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Huddersfiled Broad Canal
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation, Dewsbury Arm
Just left the Thorne Marina at the end of March full of anticipation.
(although it looks more like constipation in this picture!)
The engine hours were 686.5 hours.
The miles traveled were 1027'.
The locks passed through was 764 locks.
We passed through 13 tunnels including Standedge (1st longest), Blisworth (3rd), Harecastle (5th), Braunston (7th) and Crick (9th). In total our transit through tunnels was 19992 yards which equates to 11.33 miles underground!
We have passed under a few notable bridges too. Our three trips on the Thames were the highlight of the year and have given us loads of confidence for the future.
We used 1062.6 litres of diesel.
We traveled on 38 different canals and waterways. Just to be pedantic I will list them;
Stainforth and Keadby Canal
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
River Trent
Chesterfield Canal
Fossedyke Canal
River Witham
Nottingham and Beeston Canal
Erewash Canal
Upper Trent
Trent and Mersey Canal
River Soar
Grand Union, Leicester Arm
Grand Union, Market Harborough Arm
Grand Union, Welford Arm
Grand Union
Grand Union, Aylesbury Arm
Grand Union, Paddington Arm
Regent's Canal
Hertford Union Canal
Lee Navigation
River Stort
Limehouse Cut
Bow Creek
Three Mills River
St Thomas Creek
Prescott Channel
Deptford Creek
River Thames
North Oxford Canal
Coventry Canal
Macclesfield Canal
Peak Forest Canal
Ashton Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Huddersfiled Broad Canal
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation, Dewsbury Arm
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal and Standedge Tunnel is always a great way to finish off our cruising year and I would recommend it to everybody who has a boat that can fit.
I have kept a record of all our cost this year so will give a breakdown of them at a future date so that everybody can see how mean, or otherwise Yorkshire folk can be.
3 comments:
So, what about all the lovely people you met - where's the stats about the wonderful antipodeans, and the meals shared with boaters, and the first time breasting up tied up to boat with a Maori name???
Next year, T&H, I will make notes of the locks, miles, tunnels and diesel too - I had intended to this year, as well as keeping a tally of what we spent on the boat - abandoned that idea really quickly as we knew that keeping a count of it would scare us and probably result in us giving the whole venture away!
Big hugs to you both back home in Hull, M&Dxox
Actually we don't keep a record of anything as we go along other than the number of locks. You can retrospectively work it out from going to www.canalplan.org.uk and use the 'plan a voyage' tool. If you put your cruise in in stages you are given the miles and locks and bridges etc etc. It is part of my desensitising from the canal and tune in to house dwelling. I didn't keep costs for the first year as there is a lot to get sorted and gear to buy but thought for the next year it would be interesting. Hope the packing up is going well.
I know what you mean, Tony, re desensitising from the canal - it's a wrench to leave it, isn't it? We found it strange to be able to stand under the shower for minutes at a time just being pounded by the water, without hearing a pump or rushing - that was a good thing about coming home. But there's lots we miss, and we've been very envious of your last month's cruising, esp seeing the autumn colours.
I'm glad to read you didn't keep a count of the first year's costs either - I thought I was being a bit cowardly, but it would have given us pause to wonder if we were doing the right thing - as you know from our conversations and my blog, there were days early on when we wanted to pack up and go home - fortunately, never both of us at the same time!
I did consider putting the locks and miles in my End of Phase Report post, but decided that it would be a bit weird, esp given that we traversed the Maccie so many times - I thought it might alert CRT to believe we were continuous moorers rather than continuous cruisers ...
I have found a novel on my bookshelf that I am going to bring over for you to read - about Rembrandt and his connection with Hull.
How has Macy settled back into being a landlubber?
Big hugs to you and Helen, M&D xox
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