7am start today in order to be at Wool Road for 8, when they unlock the locks for those boats booked on the days passage through Standedge tunnel. While waiting there we filled up with water to ensure minimum air draught for the tunnel.
We went up through the final 9 locks as the second of four boats, ahead of another boat from Shireoaks.
Near the tunnel mouth Jacob was measured to see if he would fit through the tunnel. The first guy said that Jacob was 1/2in too wide but it'll be OK. However he had to get a second opinion who said that we were 3/4in too wide and it would not be OK. So we had to turn round and go back the way we had come!
Dave and Andrew, who had come specially for the day to go through the tunnel with us in the passenger pod, went off to move their cars again.
Only one boat came through the tunnel from Marsden, and he unfortunately got to the top lock before we did, which held us up going back down.
Made it back to Wool Road where Dave drove us all into Dobcross for lunch at the Swan Inn, which is a Theakstons house with most of their beers.
After that Andrew and Dave left, and we carried on down as far as Roaches lock which apppeared to have good moorings below it, but they weren't deep enough for Jacob.
We ate in the Roaches Lock pub then walked up the hill to find the Rising Sun and the Church Inn, Mossley. Finally we went to the Tollemache Arms.
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