Day 10 - the Far Side
May 25th 2013 1 lock, 64 in total.
Weather better today so after a short walk around Newbury we girded our loins for the journey to the far side (of Newbury, that is). With the current still flowing strongly in our direction we had to negotiate a hydraulic swing bridge, avoid several weirs and work a lock before a headlong white-knuckle ride through Newbury centre on a winding and narrow water
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