Photograph Gallery - Horseboating on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal 2010

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Photograph Gallery 32 - Horseboating on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 2010

On 22nd April 2010 the Horseboating Society set off from Guide Bridge on the Ashton Canal to make a return trip to Huddersfield by way of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and Standedge Tunnel.

Boathorse Bilbo towed the historic wooden narrowboat Maria, built in 1854.

Lifting the towline over knobbly railings in Stalybridge. Photo: Martin Clark

Knobbly railings and an ill-placed lamp post in Stalybridge. Photo: Martin Clark

"Maria" moves away from Lock 6w, Stalybridge. Photo: Martin Clark

Leaving Lock 7w in Stalybridge. Photo: Martin Clark

The eight leggers about to go into Standedge Tunnel, Diggle to Marsden. A record time (for the Horseboating Society) of 2 hours 20 minutes was achieved. Photo: Chris Sunderland

The tunnel legging was combined with the St George and Dragon event at Standedge. Maria emerges from the tunnel disguised as the dragon! Photo: British Waterways

Maria as the dragon. The leggers are still in position after the boat's passage through Standedge Tunnel. Photo: British Waterways

A large crowd was waiting at Tunnel End to welcome Maria and to witness the St George and the Dragon event. Photo: British Waterways

St George appears with his trustee steed (a.k.a. Bilbo the Boathorse). Photo: British Waterways

St George makes his way to the canal to meet the dragon. Photo: British Waterways

St George arrives at Tunnel End to challenge the dragon. Photo: British Waterways

St George finishes off the dragon to the delight of the crowd. Photo: British Waterways

Special guests Ronnie and Sheila Barnes with the St George and Dragon cake in the Leggers Rest Room at Tunnel End Inn after the legging event. Photo: Andrew Shortridge