SCHOLAR GYPSY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM MAJOR VOYAGES SINCE 2003 |
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440 miles, 186 locks |
Braunston to Upware (Ely) and back photos on the new blog. Also QDJ rehearsal on the tideway. |
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249
miles, 211 locks |
Braunston
Paddington |
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273
miles, 209 locks |
Braunston
Thrupp |
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335
miles, 180 locks |
Braunston
Fradley Autherley Llangollen Middlewich Fradley Braunston |
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180
miles, 136 locks |
Braunston
Fradley Great Haywood Stourton |
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109
miles, 76 locks |
Braunston
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56
miles, 28 locks |
Braunston
Welford Foxton top lock Braunston |
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339
miles, 168 locks |
Braunston
Fradley Great Haywood Autherley Barbridge Middlewich Worsley
Whaley Bridge Etruria Fradley Braunston |
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182
miles, 128 locks |
Braunston
Warwick Kings Norton Norbury Autherley Great Haywood Fradley
Braunston |
2011 Guest of St Pancras Cruising club
on cruise to Royal
Docks, |
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Braunston Paddington 249 miles, 211 locks |
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Near Braunston (February) |
Approaching Braunston bottom lock |
Braunston flight |
Near Gayton Junction |
Gayton Junction |
Stoke Bruerne top lock |
Back at Willowtree, Paddington
Arm first time since 2003. |
Old Taylor Woodrow site Paddington arm |
Perivale |
North
Circular Aqueduct Hugh & kayak out of sight |
Little |
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Maida Vale tunnel |
a.k.a.Camden Lock |
Kings Cross / St Pancras |
Old Ford Lock, Victoria Park |
Hertford Union, with Olympic
Village in the background |
Olympic site: media centre and
security fence |
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Stonebridge Lock (Hugh in sight this time) |
Olympic Stadium |
Bow Back Rivers |
Bow Locks |
Limehouse: preparing for the
tideway trip |
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Winkwell, Grand |
Wendover Arm, new terminus |
Yardley Gobion (I think) |
Sunset |
Aqueduct, |
Wolverton Aqueduct, over the Great
Ouse |
Blisworth Tunnel |
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Elkington, |
2009 Braunston Thrupp 273 miles, 209 locks |
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Napton Flight |
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Ricoh Stadium, home of Coventry
City FC |
Hawkesbury Junction |
Atherstone Flight |
Atherstone Flight |
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Spaghetti Junction, B & F |
Perry Barr locks, |
Spaghetti Junction, |
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Ocker Hill |
Ryders Green flight, |
Bascote flight, Grand Union |
Lapworth flight, |
2008 |
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Adderley Locks, |
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Audlem flight,
Shropshire Union |
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Somewhere on the
Shroppie / Llangollen |
Leaving Whixall Marina, Prees
Branch |
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Chirk Aqueduct |
Inaugurating the kayak,
near Chirk |
Chirk Aqueduct |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
The narrows at Sun Trevor |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
Castell Dinas Bran, from near Sun
Trevor |
Admiring the scenery,
near Llangollen |
Llangollen marina |
Kayaking up the feeder
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.. and finally reaching |
Llangollen steam
railway |
Blake Mere, Ellesmere |
Hurleston Locks &
reservoir |
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Waiting for boats to come out of
Harecastle Tunnel |
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The crew for this summer |
2007 Braunston Fradley Great
Haywood Stourton 180 miles, 136 locks |
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Staffs and Worcs, near
Penkridge |
Staffs and Worcs, near Penkridge |
Gailey Top Lock,
S&W |
Staffs and Worcs, near
Dimminsgdale |
Staffs and Worcs, near
Dimminsgdale |
Near |
The Bratch |
The Bratch |
Somewhere on the
Staffordshire and |
Stourton flight, |
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Delph Locks, Dudley No 1 canal |
The Glassworks & Stourbridge
16 locks |
Delph Locks, Dudley No. 1 canal |
Brierley Hill, |
Windmill End Junc, Netherton, |
Under the M5 from the
BCN new main line |
Icknield Port Loop, BCN old main
line |
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Ashton flight, |
M6, near Spaghetti Junction (NB rather worrying scaffolding holding the road
up!) |
Curdworth Flight, B&F |
Sutton Stop, |
2006 Braunston - 109 miles, 76 locks |
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Braunston Marina, Grand
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Braunston Locks, Grand |
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Banbury, |
Allens Lock, |
Near Shipton Weir lock,
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Thrupp, |
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Crick, |
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Napton Bottom Lock, |
2005 Braunston Welford Foxton top
lock Braunston 56 miles, 28 locks |
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Welford, |
Leicester Line summit |
Foxton top lock, Leicester Line |
Husbands Bosworth Tunnel, |
Near Braunston, Grand |
Braunston turn in the spring |
Newly painted, near Hillmorton, |
Hillmorton locks |
2004 Braunston Fradley Great
Haywood Autherley Barbridge Middlewich Worsley Whaley Bridge
Etruria Fradley Braunston 339 miles, 168 locks |
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Brewood, |
Bridge on the |
Fradley Junction. |
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Tixall wide |
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Whaley Bridge, |
Bosley flight, Macclesfield |
Harecastle Tunnel, |
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2003 Braunston Warwick Kings Norton
Norbury Autherley Great Haywood Fradley Braunston 182 miles, 128 locks |
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Near |
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Under the M5, |
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River |
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Horsenden Hill, Paddington Arm |
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Last
updated: 22 December
2011
NB Dates shown
are approximate