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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northamptonshire » Crick April 15th 2012

So, another trip – not long now. Getting excited .......but leaving our two gorgeous grandsons for 3 months will be harder this time as we now live so close and obviously see them more often. Of course Claire and Paul will be missed, as will Tom, whom we’ve just seen for a few hours between returning from Cape Town and driving the truck from the UK to Istanbul for a 8 month trip to Beijing and back. However the yearning for a bit of sun and adventure is calling and go we must. The final organising/stocking-up is underway and we hope to be ready to set forth on Tuesday 17 April, arriving in time to check in for our Portsmouth to Santander crossing at 5pm. Our last Spanish trip in 2010 took us through France, down ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northamptonshire » Crick April 30th 2011

Saturday. Left Yelvertoft near Crick at 10:15. Weather sunny but with a keen wind. Uneventful until reaching Watford Top Lock. We are boat number 9 in the queue! Time of arrival in the queue is 12 noon. Through the locks by 16:00 and we decided to proceed through Braunston Tunnel before looking for a mooring for the night. Lovely, sunny day but quite breezy. David played with his new gizmo - a GPS tracker - a birthday present form his boys. Braunston Tunnel an evil place. We hit the sides a few times because of the way it snakes along. Reached the end and decided to moor up straight away at 6:20pm. Rang Mum at about ten past seven after preparing supper (chicken and bacon casserole). Had to climb up over the tunnel to get a ... read more




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