Grasshopper at the shopping village.

Day 118 - back up most of the locks towards Norton Junction.

September 10th 2013
6 locks, 447 in total. A cold day so wearing some extra layers. There were so many boats moored along the first part of our route that we were running at tickover for almost half an hour, just when I wanted to get a move on because of the cold wind. We looked in at the 'Heart of the Shires' shopping village, housed in what are termed model farm buildings, although we' ... read more

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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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