A short journey in a long time.
We get help from another boat and respond to an unusual request for assistance.
We go round the bends and through a long straight.
Everything seems to be doubled up today.
We become become cyclists and gongoozlers for the day.
Today’s set of locks were much quieter than the last.
Keeping cool, was the biggest goal of the day.
We meet some interesting characters.
We have had a lovely visit and gentle cruising, such a change from the life of the original families who lived and worked on the canal.
We are visited as we visit the locks.
Making excellent use of the market and the met office.
We avoid the sun for much of the time today,
We take ourselves to market.
A day of colourful sights and sounds.
A sociable time, with visitors, in the countryside. Peaceful but not quiet.
Things continue to pop up as we travel along.
Another busy urban day, and heading back to the country in the sunshine.
The views from the boat in the morning are quite different from the ones in the afternoon.
We explore Leicester’s history from sewage to sewing!
Seeing double today, without drugs or injury.
The River Soar has some wider bridges than recent canals.
We try out Quorn Slabs today – very satifactory!
It’s a short trip today but we see a few strange creatures on the way.
The best things in life are free.
Today it isn’t just about where we are, but when…
We use a different means of transport to leave town for the day.
A day on the river in not so flaming June.
This has been a canal with many flags and flowers.
No War, paint, soft feathers, flags and hemlock
The last two days on this quiet and pretty canal, we have seen a lot of fluffy and feathered water creatures.
Our net distance travelled for the day is about eight feet.