Narrowboat

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 [...]

Day 10 of our cruise sees us leave the River Avon and re-enter the canal system. We awoke to a bright and sunny morning, people walking in the parkland adjacent and birds swimming about on the water. After a walk into town to visit a few shops, we got on our way just after 1pm. [...]

Its Sunday (11th May) and the day has a summery glow. A bright sunny morning and as we are moored at a lockside where nearby shops probably mean wading across the weir, we set off straight after breakfast. Its just after 9am, and round the first corner we meet another narrowboater out and about enjoying [...]