What are your plans for the weekend?

[Marjo]

Happy Friday evening guys, looking forward to the weekend? 

I'd love to hear what you have planned for Saturday/Sunday. My plan includes...

1. Playing World of Warcraft in pyjamas
2. Having a walk along the canal (only if it's sunny and nice outside though)
3. Relax on the sofa with mobile games, delicious snacks and a nice drink
4. Hiking 25 miles in the highlands with my cats and sleeping in a tent.

One of these might not happen.

What about you?

[Glory1]

I'll be doing my usual @EmilieT. Catching up with my recordings, a bit of reading, binge watching some boxsets 😊

[Anonymous]

It's the annual Skipton Waterways Festival this bank holiday weekend ... I'm looking forward to tomorrow as a Swing Band + Brass Band + Jive group are doing 2 or 3 sessions each at the Canal Basin ... family fun & all that ... hoping to get some good photos = this year the theme is 'Celebration Time'

On Sunday the tour de Yorkshire comes through the town - I shall watch from home as before the aerial photography of 'Up The Dales' was marvellous

The weather forecast is warm & dry 

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It's the annual Skipton Waterways Festival this bank holiday weekend ... I'm looking forward to tomorrow as a Swing Band + Brass Band + Jive group are doing 2 or 3 sessions each at the Canal Basin ... family fun & all that ... hoping to get some good photos = this year the theme is 'Celebration Time'

On Sunday the tour de Yorkshire comes through the town - I shall watch from home as before the aerial photography of 'Up The Dales' was marvellous

The weather forecast is warm & dry 

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Thw Waterways festival sounds great @Anonymous. Love that sort of thing.

Ray's family all worked on barges back in the day. Even with horses pulling the barges.

I didn't realise it was time for the Tour de Yorkshire again. That's come round very quickly

[Anonymous]

How interesting to hear Ray's family worked on the barges @Cleoriff

There is a lot of history of the Leeds Liverpool canal on pc at the town museum when I last looked

What would the barges have transported? 

Where I come from ie West Yorkshire it was coal in what were known as 'Tom Puddings' ie little boxy wooden floating containers pulled along in a line 

In Skipton, from the short branch of Springs canal, it was stone, I believe without looking it up to make sure sure

[Cleoriff]

@AnonymousRays family (based in Coventry and Leighton Buzzard) transported coal (for power stations and Cadburys) , paper (for John Dickenson in London who made writing paper and envelopes) and sand from Leighton to Birmingham to builders yards.

They certainly knew how to work on those barges

[Anonymous]

Thank you @Cleoriff that's interesting

It's about time I made a visit to the town museum to look at some photos & info there as I don't know what was transported on the Leeds Liverpool canal & I feel I should ... the museum has been refurbished since I last went there

[jonsie]

In the promised hot weather I will be sitting out, with a beer, reading the Kindle between the many interruptions from a land far away!

On Sunday I may even walk to the pub....

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

On Sunday I may even walk to the pub....

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Brilliant. Have one for me @jonsie (Oh and please remember you have to walk back from the pub)

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@jonsie wrote:

On Sunday I may even walk to the pub....

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Brilliant. Have one for me @jonsie (Oh and please remember you have to walk back from the pub)

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I have the number of a very helpful local cab company

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@jonsie wrote:

On Sunday I may even walk to the pub....

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Brilliant. Have one for me @jonsie (Oh and please remember you have to walk back from the pub)

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I have the number of a very helpful local cab company

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Sorted then mate. Go for it....