Narrowboat Tacet

Silent Movement - Our gap year travelling the inland waterways



Saturday, 17 March 2012

Two thousand miles and counting

Yesterday during our journey from Barby down to Weedon, we clocked up our 2,000th mile in our travels around the canals and waterways of Britain. It was another dull day and the camera didn't come out, we just got on with locks and tunnel til we got there.
Tacet under the new footbridge on the Coventry Arm

The forecast for today was not good, so we planned to just get to Blisworth.  In actual fact we had rain early this morning, we were still abed, and after that we have even seen the sun at times. So after a wander down to the village of Weedon this morning for the paper, bread and milk, and for me to have a look in the lovely patchwork centre, The Bramble Patch, we set off on the next few miles of our adventure. 

Friday - Saturday
21 miles, 13 locks, 1 tunnel
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6 comments:

  1. Les Biggs17 March 2012 at 19:54

    Congrats on 2000miles. I have no clue of my mileage as i never keep records but it must be a lot.
    Watch out for water levels and restrictions as you go south.

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    1. Ian and Karen17 March 2012 at 20:18

      It's difficult to know what is the best plan to make. We haven't been South yet and don't want to miss those waterways in our limited time. Hopefully we won't get stuck anywhere!

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  2. Chris Hills17 March 2012 at 20:33

    Congrats on 2000 miles. We start our odyssey afloat in a few weeks. I wonder if we will ever reach such a milestone and how we will feel if we do. Many more happy miles and years.

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  3. H17 March 2012 at 22:08

    Congratulations! 2000 miles is a significant milestone, especially at inland waterway speeds. How much time do you have remaining for your adventure? I imagine that you will miss it when you return to 'normal' living!

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    1. Ian and Karen17 March 2012 at 22:59

      H,
      We are approaching our 1 year anniversary on the boat. Original plan was to have 18 months, but........

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  4. Ian and Karen17 March 2012 at 22:57

    Hope you enjoy your time afloat as much as we do.

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