One side pond on the Caen Hill flight.

Day 2 - Caen Hill flight plus a few other locks.

May 17th 2013
26 locks today – it was good to be on the move finally. Travelled with Digger and Karen from the Sarah Dand the time passed very quickly, despite the number of boats around – so much easier to share the lock work although a little grease on the paddle mechanism would have been welcome too. The 16 locks of the Caen Hill flight were apparently dug by hand by French prisoners of war fr ... read more

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Dunlin 2013

Dunlin

In common with many others, we intend going on a cruise in our retirement, albeit a DIY affair. There will be no dressing for dinner at the Captain's table because she's fairly laid back about that sort of thing. My intention is to write a travel log but I have no idea if we will have adequate broadband access on a daily basis and indeed whether I shall have anything worth saying. Please paste the link below into www.maps.google.com for our projected route plan, which is subject to change depending on: canal stoppages flood drought time inclination The red line... full info

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