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‘The Yorkshire Dales Experience’

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Six night holidays are Sat 3-30pm to 11-00am Friday

Short Breaks are Sat-Sun-Mon or Wed-Thurs-Fri, 10-00am – -3.30pm.

Celebration Lunch Cruises are Tuesdays only 10-00am – 3.30pm.

All weeks are 6 nights or 2 Short Breaks

Skipton – Nelson – Skipton   / Skipton – Saltaire - Skipton
Sat –Fri 6 Nights

Sat Sun Mon or Wed Thur Fri

Skipton – East Marton – Skipton   / Skipton - Bingley Top – Skipton
2008

Prices

Weeks   1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /5 / 6...............£399-00

Weeks   7 /8 / 9 / 10 /11...............£415-00

Weeks    12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 /18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22...............£425-00 

Weeks   23 / 24 / 25 / 26...............£415-00

Weeks   27 / 28 /29 / 30 /31...............£399-00

Short breaks are all 2 nights and 3 days...............£165-00

Join the boats at 3.30pm on Sat until 11am on Friday for a six night stay.
For short Breaks join at 10am on the first day until 3.30pm on the last day.

All prices shown are per person.

Celebration Lunch Cruises are £49–50 per person (minimum 2 people)

All cruises begin and end in Skipton.

** Skipton Festival** subject to a change incorporating festival as part of the holiday week.

Car parking is available in Skipton at customer’s own risk at the railway station subject to their terms and conditions.
Pick up and drop off point is opposite the railway station either side of the swing bridge just off the A59 on Broughton road behind Herriots Hotel.

Skipton has a main line railway station and National Express bus station

Skipton-Nelson-Skipton.

The famous North Yorkshire market town of Skipton, known as the “Gateway to the Dales “ is your cruise start point. The canal is overlooked by Skiptons medieval castle and converted mills and the town centre is packed with a multitude of shops cafés and a host of public houses all offering a warm welcome to the many thousands of visitors who journey to Skipton each year.  Its excellent road and rail connections make Skipton the ideal boarding and departure point for your holiday.
From Skipton we cruise through the upper Aire Valley surround by crags and fells towards Gargrave the only settlement of any size in this remote tract of land, moveing discreetly in line with the A65 West Yorkshires link to the Lake District, the old Midland Railway line to Scotland shares the valley with the Leeds and Liverpool and steam specials are often seen using this route on their way to or from the Settle to Carlisle line.  The L and L now twists and turns for about ten miles across the Yorkshire Dales, with unbelievable beauty and scenery in every direction and an abundance of wildlife everywhere. We work the twelve locks through Gargrave and Bank Newton towards East Marton and Barnoldswick (pronounced Barlick by the locals) where Sir Frank Whittle developed the first jet engine at the Rolls Royce factory, then Greenberfield, a couple of miles later we leave Yorkshire and move painlessly into Lancashire, (no passport required). The border was removed from between bridges 149 &150 in 1974 but is still marked by a board proclaiming Welcome to Lancashire on the wall of bridge 149. Moving on and nearer towards our goal we reach Foulridge and the tunnel where a traffic light system allows the boater only 30 minuets to complete the journey through to the other side, walkers travelling the Pendle Way along the towpath must walk over the top as the towpath ceases at the tunnel mouth. Barrowford locks and reservoir our stop over for the night. Next morning – Nelson, down the 7 Barrowford locks lowering us 70ft past picturesque Barrowford Reservoir, we start to see tall chimneys, cobbled streets and mills that dominate the sky line, take time to admire the wonderful industrial architecture, checkout the local hostelries and the beautiful town of Nelson before we start our return journey to Skipton. Leaving Barrowford the next morning we will take the opportunity to stop and visit any of the places we neglected on the outward leg of the cruise or anywhere you might want to see again.

This cruise is ideal for walkers, nature lovers, anyone interested in industrial architecture or for those who just want to relax and enjoy the beauty of the Dales

Skipton-Saltaire-Skipton.

Skipton, known as the “Gateway to the Dales “ is your cruise start point, here the canal is overlooked by the towns medieval castle and converted mills and surrounded by a multitude of shops cafés and over 20 public houses all offering a warm welcome to the many thousands of visitors that flock to Skipton each year.  Its excellent road and rail connections make it an easy to reach boarding point for your holiday.
We cruise south along the lockless Air valley and the canal meanders through Airedales lush scenery with rising peaks and ridges topped by moorland and a scattering of old quarry workings. Crossing the boarder between North and West Yorkshire this stretch of the Leeds & Liverpool canal throws up one intoxicating view after another, gliding through

small villages such as Farnhill and Kildwick, separated only by the width of the canal, in fact Kildwicks churchyard has spilled over onto Farnhills bank and is linked appropriately enough by Parsons Bridge.

Silsden is a port of call where in bygone days the local Co-op barge “Progress” worked hard on the canal fetching and carrying produce vital to the little mill towns economy, we continue through Stocksbridge
and Riddlesden (south of Keighley) with their substantial converted warehouses recalling an era when the canal played an important role in Keighley’s economy – wool and sugar being transported from Liverpool well into the fifties. Bingley is next here we can fill up with water and admire one of the wonders of the waterways world, our first locks, The Bingley Five Rise, built in 1774 by John Longbottom they are the pride and joy of Bingley, attracting thousands of visitors each year, these locks lower us 60 feet ready to start the final leg of our outward journey to Saltair. 
Sir Titus Salt built Saltaire and has a mixture of mills, an elegant congregational church and streets of purpose built houses for his workers, which were all, named after his children. We moor here overnight and the following day is allocated for sight seeing, as a World Heritage Site the town and Salts Mill offer visitors a marvellous opportunity to explore and enjoy this wonderful place including the famous Hockney art exhibition in Salts Mill.
Far too quickly its time to return to Skipton but this gives you the chance of a second helping of some of the most intense scenery in the world and just when think you’ve seen it all before something new springs into view making this a completely different journey.

This cruise is ideal for walkers, bird watching, with areas of great beauty, fantastic scenery and loads of industrial interest or for simply relaxing. 

Short Breaks.

Skipton  - Bingley Top  - Skipton

Skipton  - East Marton - Skipton  

Bingley      (for more information see Skipton – Saltaire - Skipton)

Bingley top lock is the turning point for one of our short breaks. Famous for its staircase of locks falling a total of 90ft in just 8 locks (a 5 and a 3) for which visitors from all over the world come to see.

East Marton   (see Skipton – Nelson – Skipton for further information)
East Marton is the other turning point for short breaks, calling and staying over night at Gargrave, both villages have much to offer visitors, excellent pubs, shops and café’s but it’s the journey that’s special, such scenery, views that stretch for miles, wild life in abundance, I’m sure there can’t be many more places in the UK that are as beautiful as this part of Yorkshire and it’s all yours for three days.

There are no single supplements when you travel with us.

All prices are in UK sterling.

Prices shown are per person per week / short break.

All holidays & short breaks are Full Board
Private Charter for both long & short breaks is available at an extra cost ask for details at time of booking.

For Birthdays, Wedding Anniversary’s or just a fun time, try one of our popular Celebration Day cruises. Gift Vouchers are available.

We take a maximum of four passengers for holidays and six on Celebration Lunch Cruises.

THERE ARE NO HIDDEN EXTRAS WITH SHADOW CRUISERS.

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Alcohol

Due to New Licensing laws Shadow Cruisers are no longer permitted to provide complimentary alcoholic drinks for our guests, we have been informed that doing so constitutes a criminal offence.
However guests are advised that they may bring with them and consume as much of there own alcoholic drinks as they wish.
All other drinks will continue to be complementary.

So, we’ll do the cruise – you bring the booze.

Pets.

Pets are welcome to join you on your cruise at a cost of £25-00 per pet, however pets must be kept in the front sun lounge during food preparation times and during dining. When in your cabin your pets must be kept off all bedding. You must bring your own pet food and dishes, pet bedding and towels ect.

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