Table of Contents Click on any link below to go directly to any day of the trip |
Day One--Nuneaton to Hawkesbury Junction: Lunch at Buckby Wharf, Picking up the Boats, the verdant canals |
Day Two--Hawkesbury Junction to Newbold on Avon: Our first lock, Duckweed |
Day Three-Newbold on Avon to Braunston: Brauntston, The Blisworth Tunnel, The Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne |
Day Four-Braunston to Welsh Road Bridge: Offended sheep, Fishing on the canal, The Blue Lias Inn, Frog Island Brewery, and a performance at
the Grand Knight Folk Club |
Day Five-Welsh Road Bridge to Cape Locks, Stratford upon Avon, Edward III at the Swan Theater |
Day Six-Cape Locks to Saltisford Arm, Warwick: Pumping out, Docking at Saltisford Arm for the Folk Festival, The beautiful flowers of Saltisford
Walk, The diesel engine that suck the canal, and the Three Stooges. |
Day Eight-Folk Festival: The Shellback Chorus, Mick Ryan and the sad story of Tyneham |
Day Two--The Second Half: Newbold on Avon, The Portsmouth Shanty Men's performance at the Boat Inn |
Day Nine-St. Mary's Church, Morris Dancers in the street, singing on the bows of the canal
boats |
Day Ten-The Black Country Living Museum--A restored coal mining village; our fireweed moorage |
Day Eleven-The intricacies of weedbox inspections and a rainy day on the canals |
Day Twelve-The Brandwood Tunnel, Birmingham |
Day Thirteen-The most locks of any day, Cheatle's Farm, The Black Diamond Folk Club. |