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Chilling
We spent yesterday at Dickens Heath . A very bizzare town although the residents like to refer to it as a village. It is a very new town and only built a few years ago .It is like a perfect little town...
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Lapworth
Today we did the lapworth flight of locks to get down onto the Grand Union Canal.The first challenge of the day was a lift bridge. This one is a hydraulic one .You use your windlass to wind it up and...
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2 DAY'S NO SHOPS
After 5 hours travelling and locking on Thursday the evening was spent sat on the towpath enjoying a glass or 2 in the sunshine. (looks like Carolyn had more than 2) But i did...
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We left our mooring at the bottom of Lapworth in the early afternoon of bank holiday Monday and found a good secluded spot about a mile from Hattton locks...
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Hatton locks
We pulled pin's at 09.15 and headed towards Hatton top lock. We decided to stop just before the locks and give the dogs a walk before we started locking down . Just after passing the Top lock cafe we...
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The visit
On Thursday we left our mooring just outside Leamington spa and headed for Lower Itchinson to meet up with Chloe and Curly.On the way we came across our first staircase lock. This is where there is...
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Braunston
After the weekend we moved on to Calcutt where we spent a couple of days doing boatie stuff (what ever that is) .We also sorted out the push bikes we had bought. I have not had a push bike for nearly...
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On Thursday evening we went to The Boat house for a meal. We made sure we had a window seat so we could sit and look at Inca as we had our food. How strange is that. Sat in a pub looking out the window...
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Number 1 son's visit
We needed to get to somewhere convenient to meet Jamie and Danny so we left our mooring at Norton junction and headed down the Buckby flight with nb Tacet. Working well together we soon...
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Weedon Bec
On Saturday morning we walked into the village of Weedon bec and the first job was to buy a newspaper. In the village there is an old army barracks which was built to hide King George III if ever...
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Battery fail
We moved from one side of Weedon Bec to the other on Monday after we got hit by 2 boats. The wind had picked up a bit and they just could not handle their boats. Neither of the boats where hire boats...
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Here come's Curly
On Friday we had another walk around Bugbrooke. For some reason we always have a walk around the local church . I have now worked out why we visit so many graveyards.....carolyn is finding me a plot...
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We stayed at Grafton Regis on Tuesday and had a walk around the village.And as usual it was straight to the churchyard to find me a plot . I do not think i would like a plot here...
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On Thursday we moved onto a mooring at Cosgrove. We needed somewhere to meet Chloe as she is coming up on Saturday for a couple of days and taking Curly back to Totnes in Devon....
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Bye bye Curly
It was nearly time for Curly to go home .So while Carolyn and Chloe went shopping Curly and myself went and had a look at the Cosgrove aqueduct. Curly...
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Milton Keynes
We arrived at Giffard park on Monday and found a good mooring about 200 meters before the water point.Our mooring at Giffard Park With a large park on the other side of the canal it is...
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Fenny stratford
On Friday we were up early and pulled pins at 08.00 which is early for us . Our destination is Fenny Stratford for the weekend. It took us a couple of hours to travel the 3 or 4 miles at our snails...
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Stoke Hammond
After leaving Fenny Stratford on Monday morning we found a lovely mooring about a mile outside Stoke Hammond. This will do us for a few days.Carolyn...
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We have had a lovely week at Stoke Hammond and we met a great couple called Stuart and Fran off nb The Boat . We both really enjoyed their company and Carolyn especially liked their many walks with the...
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carp
Lets talk fish........I know there has not been many fish caught and the ones that have been caught have been a bit on the small side..So on Sunday after hours and hours and more hours.....
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