OUR WEEKLY LOG
March 31st--April 6th The Journey Begins
Braunston--Braunston Tunnel--Norton Junction--Long Buckby--Weedon--Bugbrooke--Gayton Junction--Blisworth Tunnel--Stoke Bruerne--Milton Keynes
April 7th--13th Easter in Aylesbury
Leighton Buzzard--Marsworth Junction--Aylesbury Arm--Marsworth Junction--Cow Roast
April 14th--20th Through Hertfordshire
Berkhamstead--Hemel Hempstead--Rickmansworth--Bull's Bridge
April 21st--27th We almost reach The Thames
Brentford--Bull's Bridge--Packet Boat Marine--Little Venice--Packet Boat Marine
April 28th--May 4th
In Packet Boat Marina
May 5th--11th Little Venice at last
Meeting old Friends--The Electricity Fails--Social Engagements--President
May 12th--18th
Visiting London--The Houses of Parliament--St. Katherine Dock--Sore Feet!
May 19th--25th We Leave Little Venice at Last
The Last Few Days in Little Venice--Trev Takes a Dip--A Theatre Visit--We Leave Little Venice at Last--Towards Hertford
May 26th--June 1st--Up the Lea Navigation
Through Broxbourne--New Hatchings--Stanstead Abbotts--Vicious Locks--Ware--Into Hertford
June 2nd--8th--The Lee and Stort, Part Two
On to the Stort--Beautiful Scenery--Excellent Public Transport--Hunsdon Mead Nature Reserve
June 9th--15th--The Really Big Adventure
Back down the Lea Navigations--In to Limehouse Basin--Out on to the Thames--Past all the sights of London--Up the Wey and Godalming Navigations
June 16th--22nd--Back up the Wey
Back along the Wey--On to the Thames--Up to Staines to pick up Friends--Runnymede--Cliveden--Marlow--Henley--Reading and on to the Kennet & Avon
June 23rd--29th--Along the Kennet & Avon
Summer Gales--Woolhampton--Newbury--Friends come to visit--A Train Trip
June 30th--July 6th--Great Bedwyn to Devizes
We Reach the Summit--The Dangerous Deli--Devizes--The Caen Hill Flight
July 7th--13th--Caen Hill Flight to Bradford-on-Avon
Angela leaves Trev--A Patchwork Course--The Postmen Arrive--Lessons about Fishermen and Mooring--We Arrive at Bradford-on-Avon
July 14th--July 20th--Journey's End
A Tutorial on Mooring--Bath--We Go to Bristol--The Deepest Lock on the System (allegedly)--A Little Bit of Cavorting
July 21st--27th--We Start our Return
The Turf Roofed Boat--B&Q Fail to Come up Trumps--Back up the Caen Hill Flight--New Friends
July 28th--August 3rd--The Long Trip back to Reading
We move on at a Cracking Pace--We Encounter the Horse Drawn Boat Again--We meet Jen & Bill again--I reminisce about our Summer Trip--A Fuel Shortage
August 4th--10th--From Newbury to the Thames
The Boat Develops a List in a Lock--It ain't 'alf 'ot Mum--Reading Gaol--Back onto the Thames--A Lot of Rain
August 11th--17th--We Retrace our Steps
Down to Kingston-on-Thames--Looking Forward to the Winter--Back up the Thames--Washing the Boat--New Ground at Last--Meeting a Good Friend--Pretty Goring
August 18th--24th Cleeve Lock to Oxford
Our Friend met Princess Margaret--A Sojourn at Abingdon--The Pony Club Gymkhana--Disco on the Thames--A Close Encounter with a Pedalo--We Meet Another Friend
August 25th--31st Up the Thames
House Swap Holidays--A Strong Current--In to the Marina--Here's Jane Again!--A Busy Weekend and A Wedding--Cherry Joins Us--A Surprise Meeting
Sept. 1st--Sept. 7th The end of the Thames
We Meet Jen & Bill Again--An Exciting Encounter with a Sandbank--I Drop a Towel in the River--A Visit to Kelmscott Manor--A Wild Goose Chase--The Last (or the first) Lock on the Thames--Should I have been a Lock Keeper?--We Reach the end of the Navigable Thames--A Word of Praise for the Thames Lock Keepers--Another Fishing Competition
Sept. 8th--21st A Week in Wales
A Week Away--The Narrow Gauge Railways of Wales--The Sun Shone Once--I Come Over all Emotional--Some Very Windy Weather--A Breach in the Canal
Sept. 21st, 22nd & 23rd The End of the Summer Cruise
We Move on to Oxford--Moored up at Osney--Waiting for the Canal to Reopen--Friends Call to see Us
Click here to see pictures of some of our friends--a rogues' gallery!
Click here to read about the journey we have planned for the winter to Llangollen
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