121 Saturday 4th June 2022 Barrowford to Barnoldswick
The next week it was my choice and I opted for continuing along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from Barrowford. We took the train to Colne but the connections weren't good and left us time to have some breakfast at the Postal Order in Blackburn.
Then  we  had  a  bit  of  a  wait  for  a  bus  to  Barrowford  Locks.
The  towpath  was  tarmacked  for  some  distance.
We  passed  a  few  barges  moored  up  on  this  stretch.
After the barge had re-entered the tunnel we got up and walked the quiet back roads to the other exit in the village of Foulridge. We actually got there just before the barge exited the tunnel. We went into the restaurant at the Foulridge marina. I'd done the next stretch before and though very scenic , I found a bit boring.
A  marker  on  the  far  side  showed  that  we  were  crossing  into  North  Yorkshire  although  the  canal  did  turn  back  into  Lancashire  further  on.
There  was  another line  of  barges  on  the  far  side.
Near  here  our  nostrils  were  assaulted  by  a  farmer  muck  spreading  in  an  adjacent  field  whch  Simon  didn't  appreciate  at  all.
The  canal  made  a  sharp  left  turn at  Salterforth.
Shortly  afterwards,  we  left  the  canal  at   Barnoldswick Marina  and  walked  through  a wood  to  get to  the  village. We  caught  a  bus  back to  Colne  almost  straight  away.  As  we  were  getting  on,  we  were  shouted  at  by  a  drunken man  sat  near  the  front  who  didn't  want  the  bus  to  stop. We  went  upstairs  but  we  could  hear  him  going on  each  time  it  stopped. When  he saw where  he  wanted  to  alight  he  tried  to  guide  the  driver  to  stop  there  rather  than  the  actual stop. There  was  a  great  sigh  of  relief  when  he  finally  got  off.  The  bus  dropped  us  off  at  the  far  end  of  town  from  the  train  station so  we  walked  right  down  the  main  street, passing  the  memorial to  the  band  leader  on  the  Titanic  who  was  born  in  these  parts.
We  then  caught  the  train  and  there  were  no  more  incidents  to  report.
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