Map reference ST
92882 61427
Distance 7.5 miles
Total 263 Locks 7 Tunnels
Running total mileage 429.9 miles
Well this short break in blogging was to enable us to get
off the boat for a short spell to do a bit of walking. Having left the boat at
it’s current location we travelled up to Avebury (or more precisely Overton
Hill) and began the walk along The Ridgeway National Trail and so in the past
few days we’ve walked some 40 miles along the trail to Goring. The cunning plan
now is to get down the Kennet and Avon, back down the Thames and up the Grand
Union Canal to Tring so that we can complete the Ridgeway National Trail from
the other end, walking from Goring to Ivinghoe Beacon. If the weather and
scenery is as good as we have experienced over the last week then it will be a
very pleasant walk.
Tomorrow we begin our trek along the Kennet and Avon since
everything now seems to be back to navigable conditions and our first challenge
will be getting back up Caen Hill flight, hopefully this should happen on
Tuesday. An additional challenge once we are up there is the fact that the
annual Devizes to Westminster canoe race takes place next weekend (Easter), so
we are due to overwhelmed with canoes. Will be interesting to see how many
competitors take part.
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