Sat 1st June 2019 Scarborough for the day
Mon 3rd June 2019 Whitby for the day
Tue 4th June 2019 Grove Road Facilities 1 mile 2 locks

Rain set in for the day in earnest.

Wed 5th June 2019 Roaches 2 1/4 miles 7 locks 1 tunnel
Thur 6th June 2019 Upper Mill 2 miles 7 locks

Took a bus to Standedge Tunnel, walked back. We did notice a woman on the bus who looked a little out of place while we were going there and we saw her again at the tunnel cafe. Got chatting to her and she told us that she could not face the trip through the tunnel so her husband was bringing their boat through while she caught the bus.

Sat 8th June 2019

Went to a 'June is busting out all over' concert at the Ebenezer Episcopal Church

Mon 10th June 2019 Diggle Moorings 1½ miles 11 locks Used the facilities.
Fri 14th June 2019

Whit Walks and Band contest at Diggle and Dobcross. Spent the whole day watching brass bans competing against each other and then following them as they marched to the next village for another section of the competition.

Mon 17th June 2019 Marsden 4 miles 1 tunnel

Standedge tunnel is over three miles long so most of the journey was in the tunnel. Had to give my petrol container away as no petrol is allowed in the tunnel.

Tue 18th June 2019 Sparth Reservoir 1 mile 11 locks

Went into Huddersfield by bus to the market. Purchased a bowl gouge and a clog cutter. The main purpose of the visit was to look at cookers as I have decided to replace the existing hob and oven with a proper cooker. To use the oven I have to have the invertor turned on as it only works on mains, a real pain in the butt.

Thur 20th June 2019 Slaithwaite 1 1/4 miles 11 locks Pronounced Slouwit
Fri 21st June 2019 Milns Bridge 2 3/4 miles 12 locks
Sat 22nd June 2019

Another visit to Huddersfield to the cooker shop, organised delivery.

Sun 23rd June 2019 Apsley Basin 2 miles 8 locks

This is the start of the Huddersfield Broad Canal. Removed the oven and the hob, but replaced the hob temporarily as I have to have something to cook on.

Mon 24th June 2019

New cooker delivered. Came up on the lottery for twenty pounds! We usually put a pound on the Health lottery each week and so far we have been about even but a twenty pound win puts us ahead. At least it will pay for the next twenty weeks stake.

Tue 25th June 2019

Fitted new cooker - it works!

Wed 26th June 2019
Thur 27th June 2019 Colne Bridge 3 1/4 miles 7 locks
Sun 30th June 2019 Forge Lane Bridge 4 1/4 miles 6 locks

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