Window of opportunity

Two narrowboats are worked through Henhurst Lock near the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks on Monday, October 17 on their way up the 21 locks to Aspull on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. It was the first day of a two-week reopening to enable boaters to pass up and down the flight to return to their home or preferred mooring for winter, with the plan being for the window of opportunity to be open for two weeks. The navigation will then be closed again to enable the reservoirs to hopefully refill over the coming winter.