Fiona is the face of concentration while later Jon is checking from above and having a lesson from the CRT staff who bring you up the flight.
At one point Graham was being asked to move backwards in the lock. Nearly impossible with the force of water coming in and the revs on the rev counter have never been recorded so high before.
Safely at the top we moored for water (some of the water points are few and far between on this canal) and then headed for Skipton. We think that this boat was originally a lifeboat as you could see the orange paintwork underneath the wood effect.
Jon and Fiona were soon put to work on rope duties and they were a great help with the 15 swing bridges which we had to operate today.
Jon went off for a bike ride this afternoon and Fiona was more than happy to take over the boat controls.
The memorial by Low Bradley recalls the death of 7 Polish Airman whose Wellington bomber was returning to Silloth on the Solway Firth when the port engine failed and fell to earth.
We moored at Low Bradley for the night after watching, with some trepidation, the antics of Day Hire boats from Skipton who were having an evening cruise. The boats appeared to have a definite list and the inebriated state of the crew did not inspire confidence. We moored up and walked past a very English scene of a Saturday cricket match on our way to the Slaters Arms for a drink. We intended to eat on the boat but the menu looked so nice we ate there and were not disappointed.
On Sunday we reached Skipton late morning so Fiona and Jon caught the train back to pick up the car. Graham and I went for a look around this busy town and found the Skipton Brass band performing next to the Freddie Truman statue.
Very much a boating centre with holiday boats everywhere.
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