27 JUNE – Experience Community will be leading a Social Ramble along the tow path to the 5 rises lock, Saltaire.
The five-rise opened on 21 March 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time. When the locks and therefore the canal from Gargrave to Thackley was opened in 1774, a crowd of 30,000 people turned out to celebrate. The first boat to use the locks took just 28 minutes. The smaller Bingley Three Rises Locks opened at the same time just a few hundred yards downstream.
Meeting at Salts Mill visitor car park – BD17 7EZ
11.00 am meet-up for an 11:30 start
This will be a socially paced out and back ramble of around 3/4 hours long with opportunities to stop for a break or take photographs.
There will be a stop to have a packed lunch so it is worth bringing food and drinks.
Please check the weather and dress appropriately.
If you have never tried a Mountain Trike before and/or have never attended an Experience Community ramble before, please contact them at info@experiencecommunity.co.uk before booking a space on the event so they can discuss it further with you.