Bike Rides along the canal
 

Reece and i went for a lovely bike ride the other day along the canal, we got on at the Hare and Hounds at Westend and cycled all the way back to the Range at Blackburn, it only took us just over an hour and the sites we saw where gorgeous.

We where going to have another bike ride along the canal this evening, we where going to go from The Range (old B&Q) to the Infirmary, but ive just been told that you cant get all the way to the Infirmary on the canal, apparently it stops just after Eanam Warf because of the boat yard and you cant get back on it till the locks at the Infirmary, i was gutted :(

I've even got my Bike permits sorted too :( lol

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Bike permit? what they for?

Me and the family went for a walk once on the canal...started at ossy, and walked all the way to blackburn past the warf......

It took us over 4 hours!!!!, luckily my fellas family lived in blackburn so they took us home:rolleyes:

Poor kids where knackered!!...LOL

But it was a good day :)

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you have ALWAYS needed a permit for cycling on the canal lol, they dont cost anything, you just print them off the net, you have to carry them with you whenever you cycle along the canal

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Cycling on the water, eh. That's going one better than jesus:alright: ... poor sod had to walk.

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I remember that back in the day, you could hop onto a barge and take a free ride on the canal ... I used to get on at the Whalley Rd. bridge ... the guy on the barge sometimes got a little p. o'd ... but most of the bargees were decent enough to let us ride along.

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Well i never knew that:eek:

good job ya told me.....thinking of doing that this summer!!...LOL

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It is still actually illegal to either walk/run/cycle on the canalside paths/towpaths. British Waterways do turn a blind eye to most things but strictly speaking you do need a permit to access any part of the canalside paths/towpaths.

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I had a set to tonight with 2 couples who had set up table and chairs, dinner and wine and were having a dinner party in the middle of the canal path - next to their canal boats...I had stop,get off my bike walk round them along the keystone and back onto the canal path much to the annoyance of them, they told me to be more careful and that I shouldnt be going so fast, I said that they shouldnt really set up a cafe on the public canal path as its narrow enough...they then said I shouldnt be on it anyway and that I was breaking the law...I asked them had they seen this before and pulled out my cycle permit for the canal path...they just sat there and said nothing so I explained what it was...told them if they are going to talk law at least have some brain cells to back up what they are on about...got on my bike and off I went...
first time I have had abuse from canal boaters as they are all normally lovely friendly peeps...

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like you say GG, they are usually nice and polite...bloody ignorant gits lol, i love going along the canal, its soooooooo peaceful, i hope its nice tomorrow, thats where we will be going again :D

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We always cycled from the back of tesco's to cherrytree and then took to the roads on the way back, the only part near the infermary that we couldnt cycle along was the locks but you just get off cross the bridge onto the otherside of the road then down the side of the pub then back onto the bike, i would love to do it again its been a while, take a ride up there sometime you will love it

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aye i did ste

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so can we ride through eanam then Jack?

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Im going back 7yrs ago, but a canal being a canal i would imagine nowts changed since, we used to ride through eanam warf past the pub it was near the infermary that you had to get off yer bike and cross the road

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ahhhh Kev said its now blocked off because of the boat yard, maybe its changed since you last went on it