The very weedy Selby Canal
It was good to be moving again in lovely hot weather as we left the boatyard in Selby. We had forgotton just how weedy this stretch of canal was and we had to stop numerous times to drag weed of the prop.
Guess what we are looking at??
Once on the River Aire we made good progress. We came accross these young bulls shouting accross the river to a herd of cows who were taking absolutely no notice.
Sheep head for the beach when it's sunny too!
The landscape was grazing land and we saw lots of groups of sheep on what look like small beaches.
Complicated lock entry!
Bank Dole lock has an unusual mooring point on approach and is a swine to operate!
The River Calder
The river was much wider than we anticipated but also calm and quiet. We didn't see another boat until we came through the large mechanised Bulholme lock and into our mooring for the night on the outskirts of Castleford.
Ahhhhh! Another pretty little Cygnet and parents necessitated the loss of another half a loaf before we settled down for a very humid night. Graham is swotting numerous mosquitoes as I write this despite burning a repellent coil. Hopefully the rain which has started to fall will batter them down! Any suggestions to avoid their entry, besides sitting in the dark or suffocating with the windows closed, would be appreciated!
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