Part of the Stairway to Heaven....

...looking up.

Day 33 - The Hatton Flight, aka The Stairway to Heaven

June 17th 2013
21 locks, total 181 The Hatton Flight lifts the canal 150' in less than 1½ miles. We drew the short straw with lock partners today; sharing the workload had to be balanced by the sheer frustration caused by our partner's lady helm. She had 3 rules:- • Me first • Don't ever look behind • Go slowly, bordering on stop. She did ... 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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