Recent Weather

We have been very lucky.  We had 3 options of routes to take:-
1. The Leeds & Liverpool Canal
2. The Rochdale Canal
3. The Huddersfield Canals

We choose the L&L route - and we are very glad we did.  In the last few days we have seen on the news how the village of Hebdon Bridge on the Rochdale canal has suffered greatly from flooding.  As a rule canals don't flood, there are overflow weirs which take away excess water from the canal, depositing the water in local rivers.  However if the river is in flood and the canal is full, that is when problems occur.

Where we are cruising at present, the L&L looks down to the River Aire, and as can be seen from the  photos below, it too breached its banks.