Narrowboat

I’m off out on the boat in mid-March, taking the boat from its base on the GUC to one on Shropshire Union  for 2010 (which means I can then do the Llangollen in August), which means I’ll be going through Birmingham. Well, you could avoid it, but I like the BCN – though I’ve not [...]

Setting off from Warwick this day’s cruise takes us the rest of the way along the Grand Union to its junction with the Oxford Canal. A very sunny March day and not too many boats about. It makes you wonder, the best time to be afloat seems to be on the cusps of the season [...]

Arrived Friday afternoon and went as far as The Folly Inn. The last time we went past here it was closed, a nice pub with all meat menu – though they can offer a fish or vegetarian choice he asked. It is a sunny weekend and we went as far as Cropredy on Saturday and [...]

After a day and half delay, the engine was now working (ended up being a blown gasket), so we decided to set off and go for a few hours. It was almost 2pm, the sun was shining, and the canal was fairly quiet. We started off with a few lock-free miles and the engine was [...]

If you want a time lapse (timelapse) film of the Stratford-on-Avon canal you can simply view Day 10, on the previous post, and Day 11 – this post to get from Stratford to Kingswood Junction (to complete it you could add my Warwickshire Ring cruise – hmm maybe something I should do for a future [...]