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We had a lengthy discussion trying to decide our programme for the rest of the trip fitting in with everything that everyone wanted to do. \u00a0 \u00a0Once this had been settled we set of at a fair old trot to avoid having to stop in Blackburn. \u00a0We would whole heartedly recommend this policy to anyone else taking this route. \u00a0We had a bit of a struggle getting around a workboat stuck mid canal with a duvet wrapped around its prop. \u00a0“A daily occurrence” they said. The canal was full of detritus; plastic bottles, old doors, a motorbike in one lock ( not actually seen by us) – in fact anything anyone felt like chucking in. \u00a0The locks\u00a0gates\u00a0were heavy and the ground paddles produced water flows that tossed poor Oliver from side to side regardless of what we did to control things. \u00a0The locks are also quite short and although Oliver is only 60 ft we could only just close the gates with the front fender touching the curved cill.<\/p>\n

\"Hey<\/a>
Hey Ned Do You Think Thems For Blackburn?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Daft<\/a>
Daft B—-rs. No Idea What They’re In For.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Memories<\/a>
Memories Of Blackburn By The Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"But<\/a>
But That’s Sweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We finally came to rest after bridge 109 opposite another golf course just before Church.<\/p>\n

It had been\u00a0a lovely sunny day and it was a beautiful evening having finally escaped a part of the canal that seems to have been left to decay. \u00a0Shame on those responsible for\u00a0the condition of Blackburn’s canal and its surrounding environment.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>
At Last Bliss In The Countryside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had a lengthy discussion trying to decide our programme for the rest of the trip fitting in with everything that everyone wanted to do. \u00a0 \u00a0Once this had been settled we set of at a fair old trot to avoid having to stop in Blackburn. \u00a0We would whole heartedly recommend this policy to anyone … Continue reading Black By Name And Black By Nature<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leeds-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-dk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}