| As part of return journey from Audenshaw to Huddersfield (unfortunately curtailed at Marsden due to a leaking culvert), I joined the Horseboating Society for the journey from Uppermill to Marsden, including legging Standedge Tunnel. Guest of honour aboard was Ronnie Barnes, the last legger of Standedge in his 90th year, and his wife Shiela. |
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640x480 HBS090402_Maria_departs_from_Wool_Road_Lock.JPG |
480x640 HBS090403_Down_in_the_lock.JPG |
640x480 HBS090404_Departing_Navigation_Lock.JPG |
640x480 HBS090405_Ascending_Diggle_Locks.JPG |
640x480 HBS090406_Maria_departs_Embankment_Lock.JPG |
640x480 HBS090407_We_get_a_drop_of_rain.JPG |
640x480 HBS090408_Overtaken_by_another_train.JPG |
640x480 HBS090409_Maria_heads_for_Dobcross_Lock.JPG |
640x480 HBS090410_Waiting_for_the_Standedge_Passage.JPG |
640x480 HBS090411_Standedge_here_we_come.JPG |
640x480 HBS090412_Bilbo_Baggins_and_Nigel_watch_us_enter.JPG |
640x480 HBS090413_Lets_get_Legging_.JPG |
640x480 HBS090414_The_crowd_watch_us_depart.JPG |
640x480 HBS090415_Sue_and_Michelle_do_the_first_legging_stint.JPG |
640x480 HBS090416_Maria_at_rest_at_Marsden.JPG |
640x480 HBS090417_Ronnie_s_Cake.JPG |
640x480 HBS090418_Tapping_the_barrels.JPG |
480x640 HBS090419_Ronnie_gets_the_first_glass.JPG |
640x480 HBS090420_Ronnie_Barnes_-_last_surviving_legger_of_Standedge_Tunnel.JPG |
640x480 HBS090421_Ronnie_cuts_his_cake.JPG |
640x480 HBS090422_Maria_at_rest_at_Marsden.JPG |
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