Wednesday 21 July 2010

This is catch up

Try as I might I can't get my pictures to upload. So we will have to do the blog without for the time being.



When I left off last time we were on our way down the Coventry, we arrived at Sutton Stop for the left turn onto the North Oxford, but having spoken to some of the locals we decided to carry on down into Coventry basin which just happens to be in the middle of the City centre, so 'E' had a great day at the shops, it really is a very nice place to stop for a couple of days.



Having left Coventry we worked our way back to Sutton Stop and turned right onto the North Oxford and travelled down to Braunston where we saw nb Blue Diamond but no one was at home. We turned right onto the Grand Union canal heading for the first of the big lock flights, Lapworth 20, then next day we did Hatton along with Cape flights 23. On this flight we paired up with a very nice couple on their boat 'nb Tarka' which was a great help.



Following on from there we made our way to Kingwood Junction and turned left on to the Stratford canal and 12 miles and 30 locks later we were in Stratford Upon Avon Basin for a well earned rest. It's really lovely their, but the tourists can be a bit over the top, looking through the windows and taking pictures. Whilst there Lisa, Chris and the girls came for a couple of days. Lovely to see them,and the weather was so good for their visit.



On leaving there we retraced our steps to Kings Norton Junc and turned left on to the Worcester and Birmingham canal and then to the biggest flight of locks in the country Tardebigge 30 locks, we went down quite quickly 5 hrs 7 mins, thanks to a BW man who opened the last 10 top gates for us which kept us going.

Tonight we are 2 mls from Diglis Basin in Worcester, where we will lock down on to the River Severn and cruise up to Stourport on Severn.

To date we have covered 290 miles and 294 locks, however the locks to miles ratio will go down from now on.

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