We Start our 2008 Summer Cruise

OUR WEEKLY LOG

April 1st-5th We Travel the length of the Llangollen Canal
 Friends join us--Over the Pontycysslte in a strong wind--A lot of eating out--Wish we had a bowthruster!--BW dredges the canal--We make good progesss--Goodbye to the Llangollen till November--and good bye to Cherry till August

April 6th--18th All the Way to the River Trent and Beyond
 The Not So Secret Bunker--We finish the Locks on the Shroppie--Boo Hoo, the Pub was Closed--A Sad Story--Cruising will Become Much More Expensive--Lots of Wildlife--We Break New Ground--To the End of the Trent & Mersey--Wide Water--On to the Soar

April 19th--26th Down the River Soar and on to the Grand Union
 Migrant Birds Return--On Down the Soar--Leicester Approaches--Rubbish and Neglect--A Few Visits to the Weed Hatch--A Hail of Stones--Back into the Countryside Once More--Foxton Flight--We Leave the Leicester Branch--A Sad Story--We Make Good Progress Despite the Weather--Another Closed Pub--Working Boats--A Bit of a To Do!--

April 27th--16th May Down the Grand Union and Out on to the Thames
 A Long, Long Trip--We Join Quercus for a Very Full Day's Cruise--Awful Weather--A Visit to the Canalway Cavalcade--Into Little Venice--Some Interesting Towpath Companions!--Lots of Sightseeing--On Down to Limehouse--A Wonderful Cruise Down to the Thames Barrier--Out onto the Thames in Liberty Belle--Up to Teddington--Farewell to Our Travelling Companions

May 17th--25th On the Thames
 A Change of Plan--I Buy a Dongle--We Play 'Sardines' in the Lock--A Noisy Neighbour--Our Postmen Arrive--Some Rather Unpleasant Tupperware Boaters--Dorchester-on-Thames--Awful Weather--A Very Fast Current

May 26th--31stThe Red Boards are out
 We Make it to Osney--A Very Strong Current--Moored up and Safe--The Red Boards are out--Two feet High Waves--A Man in the Bushes--We Make a Break for it--We Can Wash at Last!--Oh No! The Rain is Back and so are the Red Boards--Is This Really the Way to Spend One's Twilight Years?!

June 5th--25th A Week in Kent, Then a Cruise up to the Furthermost Navigable Part of the Thames
I Have a Wonderful Week in Kent--We go on up the Thames--I am Treated to Breakfast--We Save a Sheep from Drowning--No Room to Moor at Kelmscott--We Nearly Lose the Boat at Lechlade--We Walk into Wiltshire--We Turn Round and Set off Back Downstream--Three Lovely Nights in One of my Favourite Moorings--Slowly Back Down to Eynsham

July 13th--22nd From Limehouse to Bruges!
From Limehouse to Ramsgate-- Round North Foreland--We go to Sea--Across the Channel, Some by P&O, Others Onboard Merlot--A Wet Bedroom--Two Nights in Calais--We set off on the French Canals--On into Belgium--Bridges and Locks Open as if by Magic--Through Pretty Villages and Towns--Journey's End at Bruges!

Well, I'm sorry there hasn't been another posting for so long. But the fact is that we haven't been done much. We've pottered around and gone up and down and stayed in one place or another for quite a while. But now we're off on holiday again! So there won't be any more news until we get back, at the end of September. Come back then and see what we've been up to.

July 27th--9th September From Oxford to France
 Back from France--Fun with Friends at Eynsham--Back up the Oxford Canal--Moored at Saltisford Canal Centre, Warwick--Trev goes to France to do a long distance walk

Summer 2008 Cruise Plans

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