Red Light jumper!!!

After mooring overnight near Lower Park Marina at Barnoldswick (chandlery, diesel, gas etc here) on Tuesday evening, we filled up with fuel and set off to moor at Foulridge Wednesday Morning.



Salterforth

After several failed attempts at mooring at the visitor moorings (in urgent need of dredging),  we had no option but to go through the tunnel. 
The green light is only on, on the hour from this end of the tunnel for 10 minutes to allow plenty of time for passage from the other direction.  However, we couldn't set off through the tunnel even though it was showing green as we could hear (bouncing off the sides) and see the light of a hire boat who quite clearly had jumped the red light at the other end of the tunnel!!!  We were one of three boats waiting and we all only just made it through before it turned to red at our end.  Safely through the tunnel, we moored up at the visitor moorings at the top of Barrowford Locks.


Foulridge Tunnel

We went on a walk in the area and ended up in Barrowford, a  lovely little town with all the shops on the high street and a nice large recreation park and visitor centre.  There is also a recently opened (Dec 2014) 'Booths' store with ample parking.    Decided to have a drink in the 'George and Dragon' pub and due to the incessant rain, ended up staying for something to eat.   Their meat and potato pie served with  mushy peas, pickled red cabbage and onions in vinegar was absolutely delicious and can be well recommended at £3.95p each.