Cruise #24 2013 – Coventry to Warwick via Ashby Canal
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Thursday 3rd October to Thursday 10th October 2013 7 Night Cruise on board hotel boats Snipe and Taurus 95 miles, 29 locks This cruise features the seldom-frequented, peaceful Ashby Canal. We leave Coventry basin and head past Sutton’s Stop to Marston Junction where we turn onto the Ashby canal. This is a very pleasant and extremely rural canal, winding its way through open countryside without any locks. We are amongst the open countryside of green fields, farms and trees, with clear shallow water. We cruise...
Read MoreCruise #22 2013 Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham
Saturday 21st September to Thursday 26th September 5 night cruise on board hotel boats Snipe and Taurus Possible overnight stops: Stratford-upon-Avon Wooten Wawen Lapworth Bournville Birmingham 31 miles, 55 locks This contrasting cruise takes us from the riverside splendour of the historical Stratford upon Avon through narrow canals that wind their way through the beautiful Warwickshire countryside to the very heart of Birmingham city centre This cruise begins as it means to go on with a chance to get some lock practice in from the moment we leave our mooring in Stratford. The beginning of...
Read MoreCruise #23 Birmingham to Coventry via the BCN
Thursday 26th September to Thursday 3rd October 2013 7 Night Cruise on board hotel boats Snipe and Taurus Possible overnight stops Birmingham Black Country Museum Cuckoo Wharf Drayton Manor Grendon Nuneaton Coventry 59 miles, 57 locks We are going to take the opportunity to explore some of the many canals go through Birmingham, a city reputed to have more miles of waterway than Venice! We will leave the heart of the country’s second city cruising past many signs of the industrial past to Dudley. Taking the Old Main Line, we shall make time to visit the Black Country Living Museum as a...
Read MoreInterior Photos, Summer 2012
Interior Photos, a set on Flickr. Some fantastic photos we had taken of the interior of the boats whilst moored in London in August. It’s bloomin’ difficult to photograph the bijou spaces in a narrow...
Read MoreCruise #21 2013 – Worcester to Stratford via Gloucester
Saturday 14th September to Saturday 21st September 2013 7 Night Cruise on board hotel boats Snipe and Taurus Possible Overnight Stops: Worcester Tewkesbury Gloucester Pershore Evesham Bidford Stratford 85 Miles, 25 Locks This cruise begins in the centre of the Cathedral city of Worcester, with its impressive waterfront facing the River Severn. Our journey begins with the locks at Diglis to take us down onto the river, as we travel downstream to Tewkesbury, a lovely town, with its renowned Abbey and many fine old half-timbered houses. Further progress downriver takes us to Gloucester, where we...
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