The Trail to Endmoor

The date : April 18

The route: Kendal, via Lancaster Canal Trail, to Endmoor

Weblink: Lancaster Canal Trust http://www.lctrust.co.uk/pages/the-canal/virtual-cruise.php

Starting in Kendal, join the Canal Trail at Canal Head North and head on National Cycle Route 6 to Natland Road. After about 50 yards join the footpath - signposted to Tewitfield. This path follows the route of the canal and towpath past Natland and Sedgewick but the canal is dry until Stainton.

Between Natland and Sedgewick

Sedgewick village

A short detour after Sedgewick to visit Levens Hall and Park

Levens Hall - the home of the Bagot family

Levens Park

Back to the Canal Trail and to Hincaster Tunnel. This was used by horse drawn barges to link the gunpowder factory at Sedgewick with Lancaster. There was no footpath in the tunnel so the horses had to be led up and over the tunnel whilst the barge workers "walked" the barge through the tunnel.

The route the horses would have taken

To the other end of Hincaster Tunnel

The canal between Stainton and Crooklands

Details of the Tramway which linked Peasey and Milnthorpe

Then leave the Canal Trail and head along A65 to Endmoor

On the trail of James & Oz

The date : 11 April
The venue : Sheffield station
The purpose : to follow in the steps of James May & Oz Clarke on their Rail Ale Tour.

Footnote : the Warrington Beer Festival Committee would be joining us - purely for "research purposes"

The photos :

The 11.36 to Huddersfield - where does that go from? 2B or not 2B?



2B



First port of call - Huddersfield



We will be working up a head of steam here!



Cliff and his "team" were already waiting for us at Stalybridge



It's just gone 2.30 and our train is at 3.20, so let's have another beer!



The "research team"



Some formation walking
(with thanks to the Croft Formation Drinking Team for the idea)



We know where you are going, Owen



Some more formation walkers



Where are we, Angela?



Dewsbury, of course



We then returned to Huddersfield for some more ale and a meal at The Head of Steam.

We used a South Pennine Day Ranger ticket which allowed us unlimited travel on the Northern Rail lines between Sheffield, Wakefield, Leeds and Manchester - all for £14

For details of Head of Steam see http://www.theheadofsteam.com/default.aspx?tabid=10187

For details of West Riding, Dewsbury see http://www.imissedthetrain.com/west/?p=Real-Ale&listid=44

The Stalybridge website is not available at present.

For details of the rail ticket see http://www.northernrail.org/page/6/pdfs/special_offers/dayrangers/dayrangers_southpennines_2009.pdf