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Here I am Rune
Distance 0miles
Total 817 Locks 39 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1237.9miles
With all of the frozen canals around at the moment it seemed
a good opportunity to take in a bit of winter sunshine so for the past week or
so we have flown off to the Canary Islands, La Gomera in particular, and it is
great how a bit of winter sun brightens the spirits. After the dull days of a UK
winter it was a pleasure to get out in shorts and sandals in a place where it
doesn’t get dark until nearly 7pm, it’s almost as though spring had arrived.
The only downside has been a week of driving mountain roads (sheer wall of rock
on one side, big drop on the other!) which isn’t exactly a laugh for an
acrophobiac like myself. Other than that
it was certainly money well spent, although it does become a bit of a thermal
shock flying from Tenerife at a temperature of 18°C to arrive back in Birmingham to temperatures
of about 0° C.
The frozen canals may hamper our plans for moving on over
the weekend. It was our intention to leave Hawne Basin on Saturday but it seems
that the canal re-freezes every night at the moment so we will have to see what
the weather brings us. Meanwhile, just to add a bit of winter sunshine to the day,
here’s a selection of holiday snaps.
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| Main Street of Valle de Gran Rey |
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| Seafront statue at Vall de Gran Rey |
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| A Dragon Tree near to Alajero (no, I didn't know they grew on trees either!) |
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