Saturday, 15 March 2014

Widbrook Wood (Bradford on Avon)



Map reference  ST 84000 59532
Distance 5.4 miles
Total 261 Locks 7 Tunnels
Running total mileage 405.6 miles


Well the Thames ‘Red’ boards are starting to come down but another problem seems to have arisen in that the River Kennet between Kintbury and Reading still seems to be in flood, despite the lack of any significant rain over the past few days. Our plans still remain to set off at about the end of the month and hope that all of the stoppages have cleared before we reach them.

The canal here is starting to get busier and I dread to think what it will be like in the middle of summer when another 50 hire boats join all of the liveaboards and other narrow-boat owners starting to come out from their marinas, I wold think that finding a mooring in Bath would be almost impossible. The plan for this week is to move on tomorrow back to Dundas overnight and then on to Bath for Monday where we have arranged a reunion with our daughter before we head off back up country.

Managed to watch the last three 6 Nations rugby matches, the only one that seemed to have an uncertain result was the France v Ireland match which was close and deservedly won by the Irish, even though that prevented England from winning the Championship, at least they have the compensation that they have beaten the team that won the title!

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