tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91952243333356230372024-03-05T07:15:06.985+00:00narrowboat_Abigail_JennaThe Tale of the nb Abigail Jenna and her travels around the canal networkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195224333335623037.post-67259309006181860812013-06-07T11:18:00.002+01:002013-06-15T23:02:59.815+01:00In to Liverpool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The trip down to Liverpool is bit of a disappointment. As soon as you reach Bridge 9 things change. On one side its all countryside and the the canal is clean. On the other there is rubbish evetywhere. On the way in four boats, invluding us, had to stop and clear the prop.<br />
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A sharp right gurn and its straight into the flight. People are normally there to help you speed down to the first of the basins.<br />
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Delightful old wharfs everywhere and work underway to restore. It was surprising as to the waves but it was rather windy<br />
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Some of the basins make it feel as though you are well out to sea.</div>
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Mind you there is one bit that is quite narrow. For some reason its the bit I disliked.<br />
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Good views of Liverpool all the way along.<br />
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Then you come to the building that everyone has seen. I was astonished at the wonderful buildings that are in Liverpool. The locals are justly proud of them.<br />
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Several bits of tunnel along the front as we approach The Liverpool Museum.<br />
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More majestic buildings<br />
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The tunnel has a kink in it but there is plenty of light as soon as your eyes adjust.<br />
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The museum is quite something with massive windows at both ends.<br />
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More buildings<br />
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Stopped at the lock for entry into the final part of the journey and sea water.<br />
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The lock is operated by CRT people and we wait for all the boats to arrive and go in together.<br />
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There were seven of us altogether. At the last moment the first boat into the lock finds he has a small tyre wrapped around the prop and the wait extends slightly.<br />
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Views from the lock<br />
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Into the basins and some of the heritage boats that are moored up here.<br />
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Albert Dock<br />
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The entrance to our mooring is through the gap in the warehouses.<br />
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The Liverpool Eye can be seen over ther warehouse<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the top of Johnson Locks I discover that the diesel return line has come loose and four or five litres of derv have ended up in the sump. The problem is the joint is a piece of rubber pipe joined to a brass pressure joint. Tried several methods to rejoin it but ended up repeating the original method. Hopefully I can get a permanent repair done when I get back to Thorne. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A quick transfer of sides and the facilities get used while the workboat comes up the flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Havent got a clue what this is. It looks like a cross between a large church with a spire and a power station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ffwe go down the long flight into Wigan. A good start but then it starts raining.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and only a couple of locks down and we find an empty pond. However by the time we get to the long pound in the middle of the flight we have had enough and decide to stop. After a couple of hours a boat with a pratt at the helm comes up and we find later that he has left sluices up and gates open all the way up. Consequently half the pounds end up empty and we end up on the bottom with rather a large list. Six in the morning I am up trying to bring water down from the top to get us afloat. Happily the Pratt is stuck at a lock above us and has to wait for the lock gates to be sorted before he can carry on. We struggle down through the next pound and at last a decent bit of water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its a lovely place and not like the usual city centre with many small shops</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was leaning looking over the bridge at The Orwell. Somewhere here is Wigan Pier made famous by Orwell and George Formbys dad.</span><br />
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Anyway here goes - can I remember where we were :-)<br />
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Foulridge Tunnel has a delightful village at its start. There are .moorings right next<br />
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Just checking to see what the footpath over the top. A really nice walk with a reservoir to walk around.<br />
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The path runs along the back of some houses and they have a great view.<br />
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Back In the Village there are some houses that seem not to have hardly changed in a hundred years.<br />
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There are a few large places we go through. Its hard to see where one ends and another starts. The first large place is Burnley. Lots of mills or remains of them.<br />
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But just outside and its countryside with long views down the valley. With so few locks the winding canal goes around the hills and sometimes a radio mast that you are going to pass is on the left then right then left again. Some of the turns are almost 180 degrees.<br />
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This must be Burnley. The cars on the left hide the fact that there are a couple of blokes on the pavement sat on a settee :-)<br />
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Very close to the canal and a business park and supermarket<br />
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More unused mills. Massive places and full of Victorian ornamentation<br />
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A wharf with moorings and a pub. This is part of the Weavers Triangle. A small charity has a cafe and small museum.<br />
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Upstairs is the toll office as it once was.<br />
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I wonder how much this view has changed over the years.<br />
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There is also the home of the workers<br />
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Gannow bridge is coming up.<br />
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We moored for the night at the village of Hapton. Yet another derelict building.<br />
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Even up here there are derelicts.<br />
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Some of the other disused buildings.<br />
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Including this one that has a preservation order on it. Bits falling off so if its to be kept......<br />
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On one side of the board is Church and on this side its Oswaldwhistle and includes a large map of the canal Leeds to Liverpool.<br />
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Moored for the night and it seems that its greyhound owners day out. Dozens of dogs out for a walk.<br />
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From the mooring the canal can be seen going around the hill.<br />
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You can see for miles up here.<br />
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Some dry stone walling going on. Anyone good at jigsaws.<br />
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Looking very much the moorland and it feels as though we have reached the top.<br />
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There are plenty of moorings everywhere. It is noticeable that the banks that have been built slant underwater so you need to be able to drop the fenders down low enough to stop the hull banging all night.<br />
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On the approach to Blackburn and this huge building. Disused.<br />
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More mills and wharfs all over the place.<br />
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Up quite high above the town.<br />
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Every so often something new. Here the gates are opened with a winder.<br />
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In the middle of Blackburn locks we find this bloke. Last time I saw him I am sure he was riding a white horse called Binky. :-)<br />
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The small ponds soon fill up and this one is starting to go over the towpath<br />
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The first of today's swing bridges. They really are a damn pain. I would hate to try and travel here on my own. The moorings for the bridges are almost always on the wrong side with no means of mooring on the side you need to be on to operate the bridge.</div>
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A lovely day with gentle hills to one side and woods on the other</div>
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The canal wanders with loads of sharp turns so that the same view remains for ages. Somewhere out there is Silsden town.</div>
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The start of Silsden. New houses everywhere.</div>
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Back out in the country. Views down to places we have already passed</div>
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Through Kildwick with the village right up to the canal</div>
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Off wandering in Gargrave. A lovely village a plenty of walks roundabouts.</div>
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A problem that we have have is the very iffy signal that allows the mobile to get onto the internet. It is ok out of the boat but inside can be nonexistant.</div>
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Lemonroyd lock. Apart from the Marina this is also the site of the oil refinery that the tankers that are seen coming this way end up at.</div>
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Moored up and across the canal we could see this. Very unusual shape. It turns out to be a generator unit. The unit is anchored in the flow near a weir (I think) and wired up and off it goes.</div>
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The turbines are attached to the paddles you can see here.</div>
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The lock is manned. Hooray. Sadly the reason its manned is because there are hydraulic problems with the top gates. While I go through maintenance check out the system.</div>
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First boats for a while. The river is quiet but maybe its because Spring is still light years away.</div>
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We spent one night at Granary Wharf which is right next to Leeds railway station. Very quiet and minutes from the centre. Visit the market and see the Victorian ironwork.</div>
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Multiple locks and I must say that I have never seen a towpath being so busy. If only CRT could charge a penny for each user their money problems would be over. :-) There was hardly a moment without someone in sight who was walking, biking or running.</div>
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A multiple three in readiness for the Bingleys</div>
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Moored for the night just before the swing bridge at Bramwith. Decent mooring and nice and quiet.</div>
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The road barrier at the first of the lift bridges refused to come back up. I had left Lee on the bridge as she was going to walk to the next bridge. However as I went along the wind blowing straight across the canal made it impossible to control the boat without it being underway. The end result was that my bows pointed to the wrong bank and the no matter what there was no getting pointed in the right direction so I decided to moor up and wait for the wind to die down. There was no rush after all. The only snag along here is the absence of a signal to get on line</div>
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At long last we are away. It took a couple of goes to get moving and its lucky that Lee was here for when I tried it on my own after pushing the bows out by the time I had returned to the stern the bows were back on the bank.</div>
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On the corner is the boatyard and there is an old tug up for sale. I am sure that it was here three years ago when I was heading for Rochdale.</div>
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One of my favourite moorings in Lincoln. The little island next to the Siemens carpark and a very short walk to the Archives.</div>
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Stopping today at The Pyewipe Inn. A brilliant place to stop for a meal. Syd and Heidi are coming out from Horncastle to meet us. As usual the meal was spot on.</div>
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and it does. Sorted out the tide with Neil at Torksey Lock. Haven't seen Richard and Ruth of <b>nb Comfortably Numb</b>. Guess they must have already gone on to Newark.</div>
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More lovely weather at Torksey. Off out on the tide at 0930 ish but not much speed expected as its Spring Neaps.</div>
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The weather last and Gainsborough looks good. One day I must make use of the floating pontoon.</div>
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Ooh its a bit wide out on the Trent. Spotted a fin in the water. Fairly sure its not a shark :-) but could be a dolphin I suppose.</div>
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Into the lock. Slight problem as I get in. Lined the bows up spot on and as I swung over to enter the lock the bows rise up. I have found the sand bar at the lock mouth. Slightly upstream and I get in. </div>
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The one thing that stands out over the winter months was the large amount of water that ended up in the canal. At one stage there was no way to get off the floating pontoon apart from a dingy we borrowed from further down the canal. </div>
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The piles holding the pontoon in place was usually about eight feet up in the air. At its height the water rose by over six feet and the towpath was flooded and the cruisers on the finger moorings were floating over the mooring itself. </div>
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The water rushed straight through the lock and the river was only a few inches lower. At some points on the Water Rail Way the canal was running over the path into the drain on the other side. If the river had risen another foot it would have gone out into the countryside in general. </div>
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Waiting for the lock and the harvest is being got in in the nearby fields. The tractor and trailers look much too big for the bridges and this was one of the smaller tractors. </div>
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The outskirts of Leicester. </div>
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Someone has been busy since we came down. The whole of the land on the left has been cleared of trees and scrub. More houses one assumes and what a lovely place to have some.... </div>
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Leicester proper and the visitor mooring on the right. Outside a memorial garden which is locked each night with an exit for a CRT key.</div>
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Not sure what Loughborough does with these but they are pleasingly large and well able to pull a narrowboat along.</div>
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For some reason I feel that this is the point from whence we once visited Taylors Foundry. Looks very unloved now but still clear of rubbish its only weeds that cover the place.</div>
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Another mill turned over to accommodation and much better than dereliction.</div>
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The Trent feels large after the Soar and around the corner by the boat club and its back to canal.</div>
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Somewhere here is a lock. Sadly the pontoon for lock use is mostly covered with moored up boats.</div>
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Along a bit of the canal that looks as though there was at one time a wharf every couple of feet a load of boats arrive. Well the sun is out and its a weekend..</div>
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The boat in front was across the canal and I retied it. Someone is being slapped on the wrist by CRT as there is a DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED bag stuck on the window. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and a favourite girl turns up as if by magic and I get dragged to the pub. I didn't want to go!! Honest!! :-)</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195224333335623037.post-42974802081926119632012-07-31T21:26:00.000+01:002012-07-31T21:26:32.995+01:00Foxton Flight today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Found yet another nice mooring. I am quite surprised at the number of possible sites there are along here. Lots of them are pilings with opportunity to use the paper clip. </div>
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It rained this morning but after a while cleared up and is more like a summer temperature. We keep popping into the woods and my only 'complaint' is the fact that there is normally a high hedge on the lower side of the canal. </div>
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First the tunnel at Crick. I have a foul weather jacket on today after the soaking yesterday :-) </div>
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Out the other side and we are confronted with a workboat floating across the canal. Gave it bit of a nudge and jumped aboard while it headed for the bank. No ropes onboard so tied it up with a piece of chain. It had already been chained up I think, and by the look of it, one of the links had broken.</div>
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A quick stop in Crick to stock up. </div>
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The canal wanders around a lot here. The canal goes around one hill after another. This one has a beacon basket on the top of it.</div>
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Its never dull on the GU. You can never tell what is coming up. Lots of corners and corridors of trees to obstruct the view ahead. </div>
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and Husband Bosworth tunnel at 1166 yards is short compared to the last one. You can even see all the way through it. </div>
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Clouds are gathering - again but bit of sunshine on the horizon. A couple of torrential downpours and any water that has evaporated over the last couple of decent days is now well and truly replaced. </div>
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Had a Tweet from <i><b>nb Jubilee </b></i>saying they were moored up at Bridge 55 which is a short haul from the Foxton Flight. </div>
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Nb Jubilee used to belong to the IWA as a mobile conference/teaching centre. Tony and Judy got the coffee pot on and the world - high speed boaters - got put to rights :-) Thanks both for the hospitality. </div>
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Just short of the flight and ready for tomorrow. </div>
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The storm clouds keep skirting us. The view down into the plain that the flight takes us down to. </div>
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A lovely view from the house on the hill. Loads of fields of ripe 'stuff' that has got rather damp over the last few days. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That's almost it for the day. Through Saddington Tunnel and we will find a mooring. There are some locks to do tomorrow. Its back to lock country after a few days with only the occasional flight to contend with. You can hardly see tunnel mouth for the trees lining the approach.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195224333335623037.post-22978980033178939222012-07-28T21:21:00.000+01:002012-07-28T21:21:35.186+01:00On to Watford Locks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Its not far to Stoke Bruerne. The last lock before the village itself. Nice pub on the right and the lock is there too.</div>
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Earlier before the lock there was plenty of mooring space. Up here there is very little to start with but if you travel far enough there is usually a space. </div>
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The other pub. The Boat Inn. Inside it is quite ancient. </div>
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Boats are moored up right to the mouth of the tunnel. Longest so far this trip at over 3000 yards. There is a blacksmith in the building on the right selling all sorts of ironwork.</div>
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Out the other side. Soaking wet. Each air-shaft throws out the remains of the water that has come down over the last weeks.</div>
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This is Blisworth and the original home of nb Mozart.</div>
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Rather nice home with couple of old boats outside.</div>
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Several lovely villages attached to the canal.</div>
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Another old boat but this one is Lincoln</div>
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Its Whilton Lock tonight and a visit to the marina but no wide-beams to look at.</div>
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Above the lock and loads of work going on to the towpath. Bit congested here with two boats coming up and two going down. Met a pair of boats coming out of every one of the locks.</div>
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The New Inn. A lovely point for watching the lock. Sadly no beer as it closed last Sunday.</div>
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The first of the Watford locks.</div>
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Three boats going up as soon as the three have come to the bottom. Gets a bit hectic before staircase.</div>
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Looking for a mooring now as we get close to Leighton Buzzard. </div>
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Only a short walk from the centre of Leighton and the Tesco is not far with a 2 hour mooring outside it. </div>
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As we left Leighton Buzzard and next to a pub there is the Cheese Boat specialising in Welsh cheese.</div>
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Soulbury Three locks. We are assisted through the locks by either CRT or volunteers. What ever way its nice to get helped on our way. </div>
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A long way from home. This boat came all the way from Thorne and on the side says it was made by Dunstans. All that is left of that firm in Thorne today is the wreck of a drydock in a housing estate. </div>
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Moored opposite another boatyard at Willowbridge</div>
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One of the few times that Milton Keynes can be seen from the canal. </div>
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The sign announcing the joining of Milton Keynes to Bedford and I think the River Nene </div>
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A couple of boats looking the absolute bees knees. </div>
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This is still Milton Keynes and the amount of parkland on the canalside is astounding. If you want a walk then this is the place to be. </div>
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A glimpse through the trees and the park beyond. </div>
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Mooring for the night near bridge 75 with Milton Keynes to the left. </div>
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Milton Keynes aqueduct but a rubbish view over a dual carriageway. </div>
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and around the corner a boat across the canal. Stopped to tie it up again. Its only held to the shore by bits of string. Its not the first time that its floated away we were told. </div>
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At the top of Milton Keynes and this hoves into view. The only bit of the place that uses the canal as a feature. There are mooring rings all along the right-hand side. </div>
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and to the left a statue to commemorate the railways. Masses of empty buildings all along here. The buddleia is growing well.</div>
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The Iron Trunk Aqueduct goes over the River Ouse and... </div>
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view to the left is a lot better than the last aqueduct. </div>
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A lock after ages without. Mind you a couple of inches and it wouldn't be needed. To the left is the Buckingham canal which is in the process of being restored.</div>
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Called Solomon's Bridge I think this is one of the nicest I've seen for ages. Badly weather worn.. </div>
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Before the marina a sign that is a bit better than just saying slow down. </div>
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A rather fine boat that looks as though it is ready for a warm summer and plenty of Pimms. </div>
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First lock of the day. Out in the woods and only a couple of gonggoozlers enjoying the boats going up and down. </div>
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There are plenty of mills around here and a few are now owned by the rich burgers.</div>
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When the wide-beams appear there isnt a lot of canal left for the rest of us :-) </div>
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Nows your chance. This lockies cottage is up for sale. It looks like one of those houses that every child ever has drawn. </div>
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not long afterwards this thing pokes its head over the hedge. </div>
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This is definitely a one off type boat. Not only does it look as though it has stealth capability but is owner designed over two years. Really a boat with a wow factor. </div>
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Due to the amount of rain most days we seem to end up moored in a down pour moments before the sun comes out for its 30 seconds visit. </div>
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Rather a nice bridge and this one has a little arch to one side. Nothing extra on the other side </div>
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The baulk of timber on the ground is being fitted into the area between the top of the gate and the gate arm as a strengthener.</div>
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Some of the woods gets down to the canal edge and only just doesnt meet overhead. </div>
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Next to a B&Q are several trollies lurking plus a few under the water </div>
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Another mooring point and another soaking :-) </div>
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At last we arrive at the Port of Berkhamsted. Pubs right next to the canal and Smiths Coffee factory producing a superb odour to get through the lock with. </div>
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Arriving a Cowroast. Can't find reference in my books as to its origin. </div>
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Some of CRTs finest helping with the lock. Thanks</div>
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Moored this night just short of the series of six locks going down.</div>
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CRT Bulbourne is crowded with craft.</div>
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One of the main buildings is now an ironworks. Lee reckons we should get a large teapot for the roof that has a fountain which pours into a large teacup on the bows :-) </div>
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We moored up outside the very large Tesco for a couple of days. A really quiet mooring with only one disturbance of a speeding car on the first night. The white bridge on the right is the access point to the Paddington Arm.</div>
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Ahh. Shopping trolley in canal. Civilisation.</div>
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After half an hour or so got caught up by a cyclist. Minutes before this pic was taken a Moorhen came racing down the towpath to meet the cyclist. It seems that he gets bread from a bakery and two or three times a day he comes down and spreads bread on the waters and the birds are all waiting for him. </div>
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Moored for the night next to the Aquadrome. A series of lakes that I think are made up of the clay pits left by London Brick company. </div>
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The Little Union Canal complete with tunnel and lock to help explain the workings of the canal for children. </div>
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Back to loads of boats. We have been told that all the 'hippies' have been moved out of the olympic area and shunted up here.</div>
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Last lock of the day we had to wait while the local Coal and Oil boat comes down. We had been slowed down by some pratt ahead leaving the lock gates open and all sluices, both ground and gates, up.</div>
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Moored up at Dapdune Wharf and expecting visitors. The next thing is the red board going up on wharf wall saying that the river both up and down stream was closed until at least the following day. Even though we had organised to go onto the Thames on Wednesday and we are now a day late in leaving we do hope to catch up a little.</div>
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The rather delightful Observation Launch from 1933 was moored and tied up to the notice which said that it was the mooring for the community trip boat and as they were trying to get passed we moved the boat out of the way for them. </div>
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The river was very fast when we came down stream from Guildford and after mooring and and the notice of closure being posted the level dropped something like 16 inches in an hour. They must be opening plenty of sluices. By the next morning the water levels are back and the flow has slackened so we are away. </div>
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While holed up at the wharf I chatted to the chap on the stern of this boat. It seemed that he had been stuck in the meadows while the river was in flood. The problem was that he was running the above hotel boat which had a full load of passengers that needed entertaining. Bet he was pleased to get underway again.</div>
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The bank along here for well over half a kilometre is covered with mature bamboo bushes.</div>
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Going through one of the small footbridges I noticed the provider of the steel joists - Appleby Frodingham - all the way from sunny Scunny.</div>
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The storm clouds are still following us and we do get some rain but then the sun comes out and we roast.</div>
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Some of the old buildings attached to what looked like a water mill.</div>
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Moored for the night. We were going to top up with fuel and carry on but the marina is closed on a Tuesday so its top up Wednesday and see what happens after.</div>
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The last lock before Thames Lock. We got here a bit earlier than expected and went down with another boat which saved some effort.</div>
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Out of the lock and a 90 degree turn and its half a mile left. Mind you when we did get to the lock they were closed for lunch til 1400. Its only a few hours to Teddington Lock and we will stay there the night before going onto the tidal Thames at about 0900.</div>
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Out onto the Thames and the combined flow from the Thames and Wey at one point pushed the boat right across the channel. Out in the main channel and the community boat goes past.</div>
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Its not a bad day with some showers and some sun Going through Ham and the clouds are passed and the sun is to come.</div>
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Some rather nice little weekend pads down here.</div>
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First the locks of Sunbury</div>
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They hace some superb gates on the front of the palace.</div>
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A few old boats stashed on the bank. One of them a wreck inside an old barge.</div>
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Alongside is an old British Waterways carrier looking very sad.</div>
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Some boats that are straight out of a James Bond movie.</div>
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Teddington Lock.</div>
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Five boats end up going out this morning. Some of them are going down as far as Limehouse.</div>
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Passing Ham and a rather large mansion on the right.</div>
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The lock is used when the tide is out and the weirs are then in place keeping water levels high.</div>
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Another of those spiffing homes.</div>
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Hooray. Brentford is in sight. Somewhere in the trees there is a left turn.</div>
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At the first lock on the canal and a prat mooring up on the lock mooring.</div>
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This pound is very clear. Clear enough to see all the rubbish on the bottom.</div>
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Its not far to the first lock. The lock is hidden under the bridge on the far right and awkward to get around.</div>
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In the lock and there is a large traffic jam in progress. Only about three cars go in one direction while scores go in the other. Something to do with Hampton Park and Ride. </div>
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Out into the countryside and this is Coxes Mill which has been converted into flats and they look very nice and its good to see the mill being kept. </div>
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The occasional house but lots of trees everywhere. </div>
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The colour of the National Trust boats takes some getting used to after ex-BW.</div>
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Many of the bridges are a bit low. This one is only 7 foot 6 inches. You get a list of the heights with your license.</div>
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At Newark Lock and through the trees a view of Newark Priory ruins.</div>
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The lock gates down here do not have the meat on them as BW or CRT as it is now. There is also the windlass that has a different size to BW. You are able to buy or borrow from Thames Lock. Another problem for some is the length of throw of the windlass which presents a problem for those of a certain arm length as it is several inches longer.</div>
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This is the lowest bridge at 7 foot 2 inches.</div>
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The outskirts of Guildford.</div>
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Someone has been hard at work sculpturing.</div>
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Large dragonfly</div>
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Left the mooring fairly early for us as we had a long slog in front of us. Its 23 miles and 9 locks to get through. At least the Thames flow will be helping us. A delightful evening last night with Jim cycling in the rain to the boat from Bray Wick.</div>
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A very life-like person sitting in the garden enjoying the rain :-)</div>
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Through the bridge that carries the Great Western over the Thames and at one time I believe was the longest brick span in the world. </div>
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Most of the locks are a delight and there is plenty of room on the mooring. In some places the lock is a bit close to the weir and the water disappearing off to one side does tend to drag the boat about at slow speed. </div>
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First lock after Maidenhead and a hold-up. They have the divers down laying cables for cctv for the Olympics. Sadly there was a cock-up on the length of the cable front and they had to start again which dragged things out for us. </div>
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Meanwhile just below the lock we meet these three going at speed up stream. Felt like shouting that they needn't rush :-) </div>
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One of the best addresses to have around here but not sure I would want it cos.......... </div>
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Coming up to Staines Bridge and the opportunity to wonder about members of a pirate crew.</div>
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This bridge with the coat of arms on the buttresses is named for Victoria while the next one is the Albert.</div>
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Somewhere here is a field and associations with Magna Charta. </div>
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Flood damage to a house boat will take some explaining to the insurer. </div>
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Not far to the Wey now. The houses along this part of the Thames are almost normal but you would most likely still have to rich burger to own one </div>
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Out of Shepperton Lock and there are several roads for you. The one I want is around the white stakes on the right. </div>
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Into the Thames Lock via the stop lock pound. The sluices are like those up on the Aire and Calder and a bit fierce if you don't keep a look-out. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Feeling claustrophobic after the Thames. Time to moor up.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195224333335623037.post-30831100500227633152012-07-04T21:54:00.002+01:002012-07-04T21:54:47.901+01:00Down the Thames to the River Wey Part I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Met up with BA friends just outside Reading and managed to moor up by ramming the river bank but gently :-) Spent a while correcting the state of play in the world today.</div>
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Found the mooring afterwards and didnt fall in. </div>
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Yesterday we spotted the Mikron Theatre boat. Could hardly miss it as it was moored astern of us. Found out that it was performing Losing the Plot in the Forbury Park about a minutes walk away. </div>
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Thoroughly enjoyed the evening and will look out for them in the future and make sure that we attend. A lot of hard work for just the four performers.</div>
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Next day and they are off to their next gig in Wargrave. </div>
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Having turned the boat around - there is a bridge I am not sure of the height is enough for me to get under - and we are away and heading for Weybridge. The trip from Bath to here has got several places without internet links and the amount of times I have to have a go at loading photos I lost interest a little. The pics will end up on Picasa later. </div>
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After the lock in Reading and half a mile the last three bridges before the Thames. </div>
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OOOO isnt it wide after the K & A </div>
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Still being overtaken but at least this one is in the air.</div>
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Had to wait while this one came up. Not a lot of change out of any amount with six zeros in it. </div>
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Passing the St George and the Dragon and the Mikron Theatre getting some rest after the performance. </div>
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Plenty of rain but the Thames banks are always a bit interesting but I do wish there were a few more moorings about. </div>
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Hope it fines up for the Regatta that is on tomorrow. Its nearly all ready with the tents still going up </div>
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At the start end of the course. </div>
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Rather a swish bus to be overtaken by and loaded with school children having a lovely time. </div>
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Loads of interesting boats here and many of them heading to the regatta.</div>
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Entry into Bath is through a couple of small tunnels with the outer face being nicely decorated.</div>
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There is a small boatyard between the then and its bit of a pain sometimes with the boats sticking out at the bridge entrace.</div>
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The first of the locks down to the Avon. </div>
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Stopped here for a few days. First day spent half my time filling up the pound. Someone coming up had opened the sluices to fill the lock without checking that the bottom set were closed consequently an almost empty pound. Partly to blame are the BW. Not sure why you need to empty the lock when you come up. Most people arent going to stand around until it is empty. they will just open a sluice and leave. If the next boat wants to go down they then take another lock full of water. One that was not needed.</div>
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Went to the Theatre Royal and the Ustinov Theatre while we were here.</div>
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Educating Rita in the Royal was well done with Matthew Kelly and Claire Sweeney. Very enjoyable.</div>
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The Otheroom at the Ustinov was a bit different. Its sub title was The Vibrator Room. Oddly enough I enjoyed this one as well.</div>
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Moored up outside Devizes. One of the several mooring places we have used to keep out of the town.</div>
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On the way back into town and on the last tight bend and the K & A trust are out and about doinhg their bit to keep the canal in good nick. Here taking out umpteen feet of bushes on the bend and doubling the width of the canal.</div>
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Some of the lovely people (Mal said) from Southampton turned up. I promised Lee an icecream from the Cafe at the top of the flight. Sadly :-) they close at 1700 so we had to go without.</div>
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The winding hole and change direction back towards Devizes.</div>
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Heading back in to pick up more wine, milk and bread :-) Garden coming along nicely.</div>
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Another lovely day in Devizes</div>
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Moored up waiting to go down the Caen Flight and on the boat opposite - a visitor. Several times it wandered along the gunnel.</div>
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A local steam enthusiast turning around nearby.</div>
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and we are off. The first lock takes us out of Devizes proper and into the first six locks</div>
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Going down with<i><b> nb Panther</b></i> and two more boats coming up.</div>
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The start of the flight and we can spot several other boats coming up.</div>
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The last of the locks in the flight. There are just another six to go and we will be back to near normal boating.</div>
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The view back up the flight. One hundred and thirty feet in distance the boats are lifted plus another fifty foot in the six locks at both ends.</div>
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Odin the dog looking somewhat bedraggled after falling into the filling lock. His owner was more worried than he was as I dragged him out as he tried to climb up the gate.</div>
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This lock has large lumps cut out of the cill. I wonder if this was on purpose or by the boats rudder catching on it for some many years. Not every lock has it so I assume its down to boats and it does stick out a bit.</div>
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Both of us in the last of the locks</div>
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A swing bridge. Lee on one side and a couple of lads on the other working the bridge. Very polite lads but why is it that to do this kindness they had to stop throwing stones at the ducks.</div>
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The ssite on the major event that held us up in Devizes for so long. The culvert fixed and the banks as good if not better than new.</div>
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More pilings ready to go in and another length of canal bank improved.</div>
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Another lifeboat but this time a bit more modern.</div>
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Back out and into the wilds. During the 20 days or so that we were stuck in this area we would move out to different parts od the canal for a change rather than moor up in Devizes as some boats did.</div>
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Just a few hours cruising to keep the batteries full.</div>
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Near the swing bridge and the dog was very happy to get into the canoe and go travelling.</div>
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A nice looking pub with moorings just the other side of the bridge but.......</div>
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......the otherside and its Jack Sparrow the dayboat with a crew of ladies on board. They were having trouble with the steering. They couldn't get the boat to go through the bridge having already clouted a canoe on the opposite bank.</div>
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I actually over took the boat ahead. Really he pulled over and I went past. Named and looks like a skip but very tidy.</div>
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The first of the bridges into Devizes.</div>
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Lots of work has been done to the banks along here. there is a little footpath along the waters edge just right for the ducks :-)</div>
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The sign says "What if the Hokey Kokey is what its all about" </div>
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A welcome to Devizes sign. Behind it someone has laid out flowers to say "I love Devizes" At least they really are trying and it is a lovely place.</div>
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The wharf with the theatreon the left.</div>
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Off for a walk. Cassie is just checking out the personal items left behind by other dogs. If a dogs sense of smell is so good why do they need to get so close!</div>
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There are six locks before the flight with a cafe at the top. </div>
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Each set of six locks (there are six at the bottom too) drops us down 50 foot and the flight is 130 so all in all its a fair old way down over 2 and a bit miles.</div>
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Sat at the bottom contemplating the hike its going to be when we bring the boat up them.</div>
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Some of the gardens are really part of the canal scene while others are just left to go wild.</div>
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With boats moored all along the canal ahead we reach the outskirts of Devizes. Any number of the houses that back onto the canal have made something of the canal as a feature. Still a few that haven't been touched for years and one or two that have just been left for ever as a wilderness. Nice not to see the steep banks used a dumping ground as it is in some places.</div>
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The Avon was still in flood and the culvert was reportedly worse than first thought with several leaks not just one. Its going to be at least till the end of the month before we can get underway for Bristol.</div>
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The <i><b>Skip </b></i>arrives at the wharf. Looking very tidy but a little bit on the slow side. He did pull over and let me pass. One of the few times I have overtaken anyone and even then I was not a great deal faster.</div>
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On May 13th went to the Wharf Theatre to see Two Gentlemen of Verona. The dog stole the show it was so well behaved. A lovely evening out.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">PS there are also another 6 locks taking us down another 50 foot behind me. Overall it goes from Lock 22 to Lock 50 over a distance of two and a quarter miles raising the boats approx 230 feet so you need the 12 miles lock free after it to recover.</span><br />
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Stay for a few days and we shall move out of Devizes to a mooring in the countryside. They are only 72 hours here so rather than have questions asked its easier to move out and pop back in every so often to do the shopping. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The hot water boiler keeps shutting down and so no hot water. I think that it is the water pump not working properly as it is taking an age to re-pressurise the system. It will give me something to do apart from sunbathing. </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195224333335623037.post-48546471034326037442012-05-11T19:46:00.001+01:002012-05-11T19:47:46.084+01:00Pewsey to Horton<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Having got to the end of the black spot the camera starts playing up and with a corrupt pic and refusing to download. A format has fixed it but 20 pics are lost so a gap in the trip. Most of it was in the rain so its going to be easy to forget :-)</div>
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The hills can be seen in the distance. One or two of the hills look quite man-made and rather conical. On one there is the ancient farming terraces still evident.</div>
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The mooring last night was ok but the hooligans were a pain. :-) The hooligans I am talking about are the ducks. the danmn things think that a boat is nothing more than an landing stage for ducks. Thud thud and its twomore on the roof checking out the lettuce and beetroot plants.</div>
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One of the little villages along the way with the Great Western Railway right next to the canal.</div>
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Moored at Great Bedwyn with the church right next to the canal.</div>
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It has some fine memorials. This one mentions the marriage of a knight to a Queen of England ex-Henry VIII </div>
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Burbage Wharf. The project was to rebuild one of the cranes that once lined the canal. I saw the central pillar many times (there are several at Bugsworth) and its nice to see what they really looked like.</div>
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Miles and miles to the next lock. Tonights mooring.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Met up with a couple cycling the canal towpath. Turns out that he is from Swansea area and knows the old British Aluminium works that I would visit with my father when he drove for them.</span><br />
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Due to the rubbish weather yet much needed rain we stayed in Newbury for an extra day. </div>
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Then as we made to move I found a split in the hose connecting the gearbox oil cooler and the radiator. Tried to get a replacement but the yard didnt recognise it so they could order it.</div>
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In the end I did a Fred on it and cut up a tyre inner tube and glued it on and hoped for the best.<br />
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This is still Newbury and a lovely little street with a swing bridge on the end of it. Bit of a pain as the barriers have to be exactly down and in the right place before the bridge will operate. </div>
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The mooring for the night. There are not many around and this one is onto the bank with the gangplank out.</div>
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First thing in the morning and all along the towpath are half a dozen or so groups of army personnel. After half an hour they vanish in the same direction as they appeared.</div>
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The end of the warning area. Lock 80 is the last one after Reading where care needs to be taken due to the water flow. </div>
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The first hint of Hungerford in the distance. </div>
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The centre of the town is here somewhere. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tonights mooring. A lovely town and we will be off to admire it tomorrow.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640587582153268077noreply@blogger.com0