Tuesday 18 March 2014

Thinking about a cruise for 2014

Well it seems as if the horrendous rain and wind is behind us and the weather is getting warmer, so our thoughts are turning to where we will be cruising this year on Leo.  Our plans at the moment are to set out from our present mooring near Daventry in the week beginning 7 April.  David and his girlfriend Victoria are joining us again this year with their boat, Pas Mèche.  So for our first few days we will be cruising to meet them, probably near Nottingham where the Trent and Mersey Canal joins the River Trent. 

This will mean we shall be heading North on the Grand Union through Braunston Tunnel and then down to Braunston itself.  From there we'll head up the North Oxford and Coventry Canals to join the Trent and Mersey at Fradley Junction.

Once we join Pas Mèche and assuming the rain does not start again we aim to go up the River Soar and enjoy the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union.  And after that?  Well you'll just have to wait and view our blog from time to time.  However we do have a booking to cross the Ribble Link near Preston at the end of July.  And we do have rough plans until then.

We look forward to telling you all about our exploits this year and will aim to put a posting on the blog every few days once we are under way.

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