Newbury

Map Reference SU 47852 67324

Distance 6.8 Miles

Total 139 Locks 6 Tunnels

Well we are now back on the cut having returned from our walking and sailing break. My sailing around the Ionian was interrupted by unseasonal weather on the Monday during which the wind whipped up to 35 knots which was rather unpleasant so it is good to be back on a far more placid narrow boat gently chugging up the cut. We are currently back at Newbury, which is the location that we previously reached prior to returning to Frouds Marina near to  Aldermaston. We will now be pressing along the Kennet and Avon towards our destination of Bristol but at the moment uncertain when we will reach it, probably towards the end of next month. Once past Newbury it will be good to be purely on the canal rather than the canal/river mix we have had so far since we have been going against the river current making progress particularly slow. It is not that I’m in any rush, it is just that it is particularly slow.