The Running Boat!
The daffodils were so beautiful in mid March In November last year we took ourselves to the local Everyman cinema to watch The Running Man. Settled on the comfy sofas, enjoying wine and nachos, we watched the futuristic tale of a reality gameshow contestant who is on the run, narrowly avoiding disaster at every turn. Not my usual choice in movies, but we were keen to see Lucy's boyfriend Roberto in action, as he was performing many of the crazy stunts. Our recent, and for reasons which we will explain later, last trip on Dun Eideann felt as though it was from the very same action genre. What should have been a gentle pootle along the Rochdale Canal, turned into an unpredictable adventure and narrow escape at every turn. We started our journey in Sowerby Bridge where we had abandoned the boat last summer with the canals closing due to water shortages. After a very wet Winter, the hope was that there would be enough water in the Rochdale Canal to float us across the Pennines. So ...