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Tour 2013

11 - Went Aqueduct to Keadby - New Junction Canal, Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Monday 29th April 2013

08:35 departure. We were booked out of Keadby at 08:00 ish on Tuesday 30th April, a reasonable tide that would get us up to Cromwell in one go, so we thought that today would be easy...we were proved wrong! Sykehouse Lock was playing up. After the bridge was locked open the electrics locked up, nothing was possible with no fault lights showing. CaRT were called out, bods in van arrived after about 40 minutes. They went straight to control cabin, lifted os bottom gate paddle up and down, then shot off saying "there was something stuck in paddle" and that the warning siren would eventually cut out. NA suspected that this was not the case and that the limit switch was faulty on the offending paddle. Anyroad the lock now worked, we never knew if the warning siren cut out! Held up09:20 to 10:30. It was now getting bloody windy, so a real pain getting on and off the bridge moorings. It was so windy over the Don Aqueduct, a spray of water was being blown off the canal. Bramwith Junction at 12:00 and headed down the Stainforth and Keadby. when we had exited Bramwith Lock a wide beam pulled off, so we let them go through Bramwith Swing Bridge first. Held up for a while in Thorne (13:30) due to the usual problems with the stupid newish electric pedestrian swing bridge. There was a sign on the bridge controls to operate bridge but NOT to close it, but fone mobile number and someone would be out. After the usual waggling of the silly little barriers the bridge opened , by the time the boat was passing through a bod was already at the equipment box manually shutting the bridge, so we could retrieve out BW key. Still bloody windy all afternoon, making bridge drop off / pick up "interesting", so much so NA snapped the (rather worn) centre rope (new one handy). No rail traffic on the railway, due to bank heave further along the line. Network Rail were doing repairs to the line along here prompted by being available. Vazon Railway slide bridge was swung as we operated the road bridge. MC went off to photograph the bridge, got permission from bridge keeper to take piccies line side, but disaster, battery ran out meaning no piccies! Parked up at end of moorings at 18:20. Had to do emergency spagbol, as the other pub in Keadby, the Old South Yorkshire had disappeared...literally!... shut, burnt out and demolished. The mothballed Barge Inn still survived. The only good thing about Keadby was that CaRT now had a lofty, smart new cabin, overlooking the river and lock.

Looking back at Sykehouse Junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation.
New Junction Canal.

Went Aqueduct.
New Junction Canal.

"Went End Footbridge B". Syke House Lift Bridge in the distance.
New Junction Canal.

Syke House Lift Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

PW at Syke House Lift Bridge controls.
New Junction Canal.

Kirk Lane Swing Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Looking back at Kirk Lane Swing Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Syke House Lock.
New Junction Canal.

Syke House Lock Swing Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Syke House Lock. Ground paddle gear.
New Junction Canal.

Syke House Lock.
New Junction Canal.

Looking back at Syke House Lock.
New Junction Canal.

Site of Small hedge Swing Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Site of Westfield Swing Bridge. Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge in the distance.
New Junction Canal.

Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Top Lane Lift Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Low Lane Swing Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

Looking back at Top Lane Lift Bridge.
New Junction Canal.

River Don Aqueduct and flood doors. It was so windy, water was being blown off the top of the aqueduct.
New Junction Canal.

Looking back at the River Don Aqueduct.
New Junction Canal.

MC and rare picture of Neil A.
New Junction Canal.

Bramwith Junction. Here the New Junction Canal joins the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigations. River Don Navigation to right and Stainforth and Keadby Canal to left.
New Junction Canal.

Bramwith Junction. Looking back at the New Junction Canal.
New Junction Canal.

Bramwith Lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Bramwith Lock. This has two sets of bottom gates, to enable large craft to use the lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Bramwith Lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Bramwith Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Water Lane / Stainforth Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

The New Inn at Stainforth.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Site of Ramskir Lane Swing Bridge and Ramskir Lane Pipe Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

M18 Motorway Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Staniland Marina dry dock and Thorne Swing Bridge / Lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Thorne Swing Bridge / Lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Thorne Swing Bridge / Lock.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Remains of old dry dock within new housing development. Thorne.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Thorne Boat Services, pedestrian swing bridge and South Parade road bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at pedestrian swing bridge and South Parade road bridge. Thorne
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Tyler Wilson Boat Sale...the one time LadyLine Base. Thorne.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Thorne.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Hatfield Road Railway Bridge and pipe bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Wykewell Lift Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Moor's Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Wind farm...and it was bloody windy!
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Maud's Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Crook o' Moor Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Approach to Godnow Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking back at Godnow Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Crowle Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

New Bridge before Keadby.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Keadby Gas fired Power Station (presently mothballed!) and Vazon Swing Bridge.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Vazon Railway sliding bridge. Keadby.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

The sun sets on Keadby power station.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

The mothballed Barge Inn at Keadby.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Looking up the canal from Keadby Bridge. Facilities block to left.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

NB Earnest at Keadby.
Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

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