Concerto on Oxford and Grand Union Canals We all loved Concerto and we all love canal boating. Canal boating has its own rituals and culture. Those on the canals are a mixture of those who live on their boats, the British grey nomads and those like us – pesky hirers with not much idea. Boating in the canals is very different to any type of boating in Australia. The canals are narrow, with many low bridges, many boats to pass both moored and travelling the other way and then there are the locks. To get to our return point at Warwick, we went through 27 locks – including a “flight” of nine and a double stair lock. Andy is the captain, Jack the cabin boy, Eliza the tiller girl and Harry and me whatever Captain
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