Our journey from Littleborough to Hebden through Barry’s eyes – part one

As previously promised, I’ve persuaded Barry to choose a selection of his favourite images taken during our journey along the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough to Hebden Bridge, which we made from 28th June to 1st July.

Littleborough to Summit

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The scenery, as we’d been told by many people, was definitely worth waiting for

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Rolling hills and tons of trees – nice to have a fairly long pound between locks at times

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An unusual sight – these would’ve been used many years ago to throw a rope around and secure the horse drawn boat when entering the lock

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Lock 45 (Pike House Lock) at bridge 45 (funnily enough Pike House Bridge!) – that doesn’t happen very often!

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Sladen Lock, number 44, and the pounds are very short for a few more locks to come

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Just above Lock 38, where we moored overnight at Summit – The Summit Inn is next to the trees

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Adorable stone cottages are prolific around these parts

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We were lucky to find the last mooring space in a quiet spot

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Opposite our mooring was this single storey house which looked incredibly like an ‘East Coast’ property found in New Zealand, where Barry’s from. It looked rather odd in this location – we wondered what the story could be – does anyone know?

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Our neighbour for the night – in the ‘made for a photographer’ reflective evening light

 What a talented husband I have. Of course photographers have the skill to make images look amazing, but this really was a delightful journey especially after the many challenges we’d experienced in the previous days.

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