View from Pocket Park to beyond the canal.

Day 122 - back to busy Braunston on our penultimate day.

September 14th 2013
5 locks, 467 in total. The cut has been busier than Piccadilly Circus today so the 'plonker alert' risk level was raised. I didn't enjoy Braunston Tunnel today – it may be only a mile long but don't forget the kinks in it and I met 5 boats coming the other way. I saw the bow light of the first boat as soon as I entered the tunnel but it is impossible to jud ... 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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