84 Saturday 11 September 2021 Hollingworth Lake

 Simon  wanted a boating  adventure following  a  motorboat  ride  on  Ullswater  during  our  recent  holiday. I  suggested  Hollingworth  Lake  so  we  could  get  to  the  football  at  Spotland  easily  afterwards.  I  had  booked  an  electric  boat  at  1pm  so  we  went  for  lunch  first  at  The  Beach  Hotel  which  also took  care  of  the  parking.


 We  had  a  good  lunch  and  then  went  for  a  boat. There  was  some  confusion about  my  booking  though  we  had  a  receipt  on  Simon's  phone.Eventully  they  were  satisfied  and  let  us  have  a  boat.


It  was  less  sturdy  than  I  expected  which  gave  me  a  little  apprehension. Simon  was  steering  so  he  took  in  the  instructions. We  were told  by  the  guy  at  the  jetty  to  go  one  way  and  then  a  bloke  in  the  control  boat  told  us  to  go  the  other  way  to  avoid  the  launching  yachts.



There   were  good  views  over  to  Blackstone  Edge.


We  avoided  a  wind  surfer.


Simon's  steering  was  sound  through  the  choppy  bits.


The  half  hour  pased  very  quickly  and  it  was  time  to  return  to  base.



We  mooved  on  to  Rochdale  in  good  time  for  the  match  against  Tranmere  which  Dale  won 1-0.



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