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- NB Earnest Basingstoke Canal, April
-NB Earnest River Wey, April
Includes passage through Richmond Lock on Thames Tideway
- NB Earnest Bow Back Rivers, August
The whole system including the new and restored locks.
- NB Earnest Thames Tideway, August
- NB Earnest Boston and Black Sluice Navigation, June July
Ashby Canal, Coventry Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, River Trent, Fossdyke and Witham, Boston, Black Sluice Navigation, Back to Tidal Trent, Chesterfield Canal, Trent, S&SYN, Tinsley Canal to Sheffield, Leeds, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Manchester, Rochdale 9, Ashton (Inc stub of Hollinwood Canal), Peak Forest Canals, Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Ashby Canal.
- NB Earnest move to new moorings on Ashby Canal, via Caldon Canal and Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Goodbye to Harefield Marina. GU all the way to Birmingham. BCN Mainline. Staffs and Worcs, Trent and Mersey. Caldon Canal. Trent and Mersey, Macclesfield Canal, Lower Peak Forest Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Huddersfield Broad Canal, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Aire and Calder Navigation, New Junction Canal, Stainforth and Keadby Canal to Keadby. Tidal Trent. River Trent Navigation, Nottingham Canal. Trent and Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Ashby Canal to Wykin Bridge.
- Charity Dock, Coventry Canal.
The dummy display.
- NB Earnest Coventry Canal to Coventry Basin.
Hawkesbury Junction to Coventry Basin, Coventry Canal.
- Coventry Cathedral.
Visit to the old and new cathedrals.
- Baltic Cruise on P&O MS Adonia, August
Copenhagen, Saaremaa Island, Tallinn, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Visby (Gotland), Kalmar, Rugen and Kiel Canal.
- France - Canal du Nord, Somme Canal, St Quentin Canal and Scrape Superior
Aboard John Wheatcroft's Barge Final Fling.
- France - River Sarthe
Aboard NB Falcon, with David Long.
- Canoeing - Cricklade to Lechlade
- Hong Kong to Piraeus aboard MV Nautica
Hong Kong for Star Ferries, Vietnam for Hue, Saigon and Mekon delta, Thailand for Koh Samui and Phuket, Singapore, Kula Lumpur, Mangalore, Goa, Mumbai, Oman, Jordan for Petra, Safaga for Luxor and Valley of The Kings, Sharm El Sheikh for St Catherine's Monastery Sinai, Suez Canal Transit and Port Said for Giza Saqqara and Memphis.
- Panama Canal aboard MV Arcadia
Complete transit of the Panama Canal aboard P&O MV Arcadia.
- Ireland March/April 2008
Highlights include: River Shannon, Grand Canal down to Dublin. Milltown Feeder and Pollardstown Fen eastern arm. Clondara Canal and Camlin River. Carnadoe Backwaters, Killglass and Mountain River. Lough Allen Canal and Lough Allen.
- Ireland June/July 2008
Highlights include: River Shannon. Grand Canal, Barrow Line and River Barrow to New Ross. River Nore to Inistioge. Industrial archeology trip round County Monaghan. Milltown Feeder of the Grand Canal, Pollardstown Fen western arm to Father Moore's Well. River Boyle and Lough Key up to Boyle Harbour. Upper Lough Erne, River Finn up to Ulster Canal entrance. Lower Lough Erne, River Kesh to Kesh. Enniskillen.
- Ireland July/August 2008
Highlights include: River Shannon. Lough Ree, images of navigation course north to south. River Suck to Ballinasloe. Grand Canal, Barrow Line, Barrow to New Ross and River Nore to Inistioge. Lough Derg with the Goggins, including Dromaan, Rossmore and Woodford River. Antrim Coast drive, Giant's Causeway. Donegal Coast Drive.
- The Easter Naas Rally 2008 and Corbally Branch of the Grand Canal
Highlights include: A walk along the Corbally Branch, with a trip back in small boats. Earnest up the Corbally Branch to the dropped Limerick Road Bridge.
- The Lower Bann Navigation
A visit to all the navigation structures from Lough Neagh to Coleraine.
- The Boyne Navigation
A trip on the restored bottom canal section and look at the sea lock restoration works.
- The Ulster Canal
An ongoing project to record the structures.
- Ireland April 2007
Ballinamore, Shannon-Erne Waterway to Leitrim, Shannon Navigation to Shannon Harbour, (includes Lough Ree). Grand Canal Shannon, Dublin and Circular Lines to Ringsend and Grand Canal Basin in Dublin. Return to Ballinamore by same route, but including Naas Branch of the Grand Canal and the Upper Shannon / Lough Allen Canal and Lough Allen. Ballinamore to Belturbet and return, including Shannon-Erne Waterway, Lower Lough Erne River Finn course, Quivvy Lough, Upper River Erne
- Ireland Summer 2007
Ballinamore, Shannon-Erne Waterway to Leitrim. Shannon Navigation to Portumna, then back to Shannon Harbour. Grand Canal Shannon Line to Lowtown (including Edenderry Arm). Grand Canal Barrow Line to Athy. Barrow Navigation to St Mullins. Tidal River Barrow to Cheekpoint, Tidal River Suir to Carrick-On-Suir (both ways round Little Island), Tidal River Nore to Inistioge. Back up River Barrow and Grand Canal To Shannon Harbour. Shannon Navigation to Killaloe. Killaloe - Limerick Waterway to Limerick, including Ardnacrusha Dam Lock and Abbey River in Limerick. Back to Shannon. All Lough Derg ports inc Scarriff River and Woodford River. Entrance to abandoned Ballinasloe Canal. River Suck to Ballinasloe. All Lough Ree ports inc Lecarrow Canal and Inny River. Cloondara Canal to Richmond Harbour and Camlin River. Rinn River to Johnson's Bridge. Carnadoe Lough, Kilglass Lough to Kilglass and Mountain River, Grange Lough to Grange. Shannon stubs to Drumsna and Jamestown. Boyle River and Lough Key to Boyle. Shannon-Erne Waterway to Lower and Upper Lough Erne, including all courses of the Erne, ports, jetties and some rivers, inc Belleek and Kesh. Back over Shannon-Erne to Ballinamore.
- Ireland Autumn 2007
Ballinamore, Shannon - Erne Waterway, Shannon Navigation, Grand Canal Shannon Line, Old Barrow Line and Milltown Feeder of Grand Canal. Return to Ballinamore. Ballinamore to Rossigh, Shannon - Erne Waterway, Upper Lough Erne, Lower Lough Erne and return.
- The last stages of the Royal Canal restoration
Shannon end, Richmond Harbour to Abbeyshrule and walking the Dublin end.
- Ireland 2006
Trip with Brian Goggin on MB Knocknagow. Upper Lough Erne, Shannon-Erne Waterway and north River Shannon, including Lough Key.
- Tidal Thames Creeks and Docks
Harefield Marina to Brentford, Grand Union Canal. Thames Tideway Brentford to
Limehouse. Limehouse Cut and Bow Back Rivers Loop - \st Thomas' Creek / City
Mill River / Old River Lea. Tidal Bow Creek. Thames
Tideway to King George V Lock into the Royal Docks to the end of Victoria Dock
for the 2006 Excel Boat Show. Victoria Dock, Pontoon Dock, Royal Albert Dock and King George V
Dock. Thames Tideway and Bow Creek to Bow Locks. River Lee. Hertford Union
Canal. Regents Canal. Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal and Grand Union
Canal to Harefield Marina.
Dartford Creek to upper river and Cray Arm. Gravesend Basin.
Tidal Bow Back Rivers - Abbey Creek, Channelsea River. Prescott Channel, Three
Mills Wall River and Waterworks River.
Deptford Creek, River Wandle and Bell Weir Creek. South Dock Marina and
Greenland Dock.
Barking Creek and River Roding.
- Friesland, Holland in Final Fling May / June 2006
A trip with John and Prills Wheatcroft in their barge Final Fling.
Deventer to Heerenveen including a large percentage of the Friesland waterways.
Tour 2005
No trip report as such for this year, just reports on sections we
have not cruised before.
- The Witham Navigable Drains
- The River Severn above Stourport
- The River Trent in Nottingham above
Trent Bridge
Also getting stuck on Normanton
Sunken Island in the Tidal River Trent.
- Froghall Basin and Lock No 1 of the Uttoxeter Canal
- Bugsworth Basins
- Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal
The newly opened section above
Little Tring Bridge
Tour 2004
- Spring Tour
Harefield Marina. Grand Union to
Braunston, Northern Oxford, Coventry Canal to Fazeley Junction. Birmingham and
Fazeley Canal to Salford Junction. Tame Valley Canal, Rushall Canal, Daw End
Branch, Wyrley and Essington Canal to Wolverhampton. BCN, Staffs and Worcs
Canal, Stourbridge Canal, Fens Branch, Dudley Canal to Merry Hill. Dudley Canal,
Netherton Tunnel Branch, BCN Main Line, Wednesbury Old Canal to Swan Village,
Wednesbury Old Canal, BCN Main Line to Birmingham. Birmingham and Fazeley Canal,
Digbeth Branch to Digbeth Basins. Grand Union Canal, Birmingham and Warwick
Junction Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to Fazeley Junction. Fazeley
Junction, Coventry Canal, Trent and Mersey canal to Anderton. River Weaver up to
Northwich and down to Weston Point. Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich Branch,
Shropshire Union Canal to Chester. Dee Locks Branch and River Dee to Farndon and
back. Shropshire Union Canal to Ellesmere Port. Shropshire Union Canal to
Hurleston Junction. Llangollen Canal to Llangollen, then back to Frankton.
Montgomery Canal to Maesbury Marsh and Back. Llangollen Canal. back up to Llangollen.
Llangollen Canal to Hurleston, Middlewich Branch, Trent and Mersey Canal,
Macclesfield Canal to Marple. Marple, Lower Peak Forest Canal, Ashton Canal,
Rochdale 9 to Castlefield. Castlefield , Rochdale 9, Ashton Canal, Lower Peak
forest, Macclesfield to Lyme View Marina.
- Spring
Tour (Part2)
Lyme View Marina. Macclesfield Canal and Upper Peak Forest Canal to Whaley
Bridge. Whaley Bridge. Upper and Lower Peak Forest Canals and Ashton Canal to
Duice Street. Duice Street. Rochdale Canal, Calder and Hebble Canal, Aire and Calder
Navigation, New Junction Canal, Stainforth and Keadby Canal to Keadby. Keadby.
Tidal Trent, Fossdyke and River Witham to Boston. Boston. Tidal River Witham and
Welland Outfall to Surfleet-Seas-End. Surfleet-Seas-End. River Glen to Baston
and Back. Surfleet-Seas-End. Welland Outfall, Wash and Tidal River Great Ouse to
Denver. Denver. Great (Ely) Ouse and River Cam to Cambridge and back including
Bottisham and Swaffam Bulbeck Lodes. Denver. Salter's Lode Middle Level main
route to Peterborough. Peterborough to Harefield. River Nene, Northampton Arm
and Grand Union Canal.
- Straight
Across Medway Trip
Top end of River Medway including tender to Leigh Barrage and trip back up the
Thames.
Tour 2003
- Mersey Reccy
Mersey Reccy to Liverpool Docks / Upper Tidal Mersey / Walton Lock /
Chester Weir.
- Main
Summer Tour
Sawley Marina. River Trent to West Stockwith. Chesterfield Canal to Drakeholes -
abort - back to West Stockwith. Tidal River Trent to Keadby. Stainforth and
Keadby Canal / New Junction Canal / Aire and Calder Navigation to Goole. Goole
to Sheffield, Aire and Calder Navigation, New Junction Canal, Sheffield and
South Yorkshire Navigation / Tinsley Canal. Sheffield To Huddersfield. Tinsley
Canal / Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation / New Junction canal / Aire and
Calder Navigation / Calder and Hebble navigation / Huddersfield Broad
Navigation. Huddersfield to Castlefield. Huddersfield Narrow Canal / Ashton
Canal / Rochdale Nine. Manchester to Ellesmere Port. Bridgewater Canal / Upper
Reaches of MSC and River Irwell / Manchester Ship Canal. Ellesmere Port to
Liverpool via Widnes and Fiddlers Ferry. Manchester Ship Canal to Eastham /
Tidal River Mersey up to Widnes into Sankey Canal at Spike Island Lock / Tidal
River Mersey up to Fiddlers Ferry, up lock onto Sankey Canal. Tidal River Mersey
to Langton Lock Liverpool Docks to Collingwood Dock. Liverpool to Tarleton.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal / Stanley Dock Locks. Leeds and Liverpool Canal main
line to Buscough bridge. Buscough Bridge to Tarleton / Rufford Branch. Tidal
River Douglas / Tidal River Ribble and Ribble Link up to Lancaster Canal. All
Lancaster Canal, including two passages down the Glasson Dock Branch and walk
from Kendal to Tewitfield. Ribble Link / Tidal River Ribble and Douglas to
Tarleton. Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Tarleton to Leeds. Leeds to Kiveton
Park. Aire and Calder Navigation / New Junction Canal / Stainforth and Keadby
Canal / Tidal Trent to West Stockwith / Chesterfield Canal up to Norwood Tunnel.
Kiveton Park to Goole. Chesterfield Canal / Tidal River Trent / Stainforth and
Keadby Canal / New Junction Canal / Aire and Calder Navigation. Goole to
Huddersfield. Aire and Calder Navigation / Calder and Hebble Navigation /
Huddersfield Broad Canal. Huddersfield to Whaley Bridge. Huddersfield Narrow
Canal / Lower Peak Forest Canal / Upper Peak Forest Canal. Whaley Bridge to
Stoke on Trent. Upper Peak Forest Canal / Macclesfield Canal / Trent and Mersey
Canal. Stoke on Trent to Froghall Basin (through Froghall Tunnel) and Leek and
back. Caldon Canal. Stoke on Trent to Stourport. Trent and Mersey Canal and
Staffs and Worcs Canal. Stourport to Oxford. River Severn / Worcester and
Birmingham Canal / Northern Stratford Canal / Grand Union Canal / Southern
Oxford Canal. Oxford to Oxford via Lechlade, including nearly up to Hannington
Bridge. Oxford to Harefield. River Thames / Tidal River Thames to Limehouse /
Limehouse Cut / River Lee, including Bow back Rivers Loop / Hertford Union Canal
/ Regents Canal / Paddington Basin / Paddington Arm and Grand Union Canal.
- Essex
Coast / Thames Estuary - Ian Clarke's Straight Across.
Ipswich to coast, River Orwell. Essex Coast / Thames
Estuary to Teddington. River Thames to Hurley. Also some pictures of weirs on
the River Gipping.
Tour 2002
- The Clarke Family / TNC
Attempt up the Westbridge Arm / Upper Nêne in TNCFA NB Frogmoore II
-
Northern Summer Tour
Sawley Marina. River Trent to West
Stockwith. River Idle to Bawtry. Tidal River Trent to Keadby. Tidal River Trent
to Trent Falls. Humber Estuary to Hull. River Hull to Beverley. Beverley Beck.
River Hull / Driffield Navigation / West Beck / Frodingham Beck. River Hull and
Humber Estuary to South Ferriby. River Ancholme to end at Bishopsbridge,
including a short section of the Caistor Canal. Humber Estuary to Market
Weighton Canal up to Sod House Lock and the River Foulness. Tidal River Trent
and Ouse to Goole. Aire and Calder Navigation to New Junction canal junction and
back. Goole to Barmby, Tidal River Ouse. River Derwent to Stamford Bridge.
Pocklington Canal to Thornton Lock. River Ouse to York. River Foss to Yearsley.
River Ouse / Ure / Ripon Canal and back including the River Swale to above
Myton. York to Selby, River Ouse. Selby to Sowerby Bridge, Selby Canal, River
Aire, Aire and Calder Navigation, Calder and Hebble Navigation. Sowerby Bridge
to Manchester, Rochdale Canal. Manchester to Anderton, Bridgewater Canal, Trent
and Mersey Canal. Anderton Lift. River Weaver to end of Lower Flash in Winsford.
River Weaver to Weston Marsh Lock, including Frodsham Cut and Weston Canal.
Manchester Ship Canal to Pomona Lock In Manchester. Bridgewater and Trent and
Mersey Canal to Stoke-on- Trent. Caldon canal to Consul Forge and back. Trent
and Mersey Canal, Staffs and Worcs Canal to Wolverhampton. Shropshire Union
Canal, Llangollen Canal and back to Wolverhampton by the same route, including
the Montgomery Canal to Queen's Head. BCN, inc Main Line, Walsall Canal, Wyrley
and Essington Canal, Cannock extension Canal, Wyrley and Essington Canal,
Anglesey Branch, Daw End Branch, Rushall Canal, Tame valley Canal, Birmingham
and Fazeley canal to Birmingham. Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Northern
Stratford Canal, Grand Union Canal, Oxford Canal to Napton.
Tour 2001
- The January TNC / Cutweb Thames Tideway
Trip. Harefield Marina to Little Venice, Grand Union Canal
Mainline and Paddington Arm. Little Venice to Limehouse, Regent's Canal. Limehouse
Cut to Three Mills and back. Limehouse to Brentford, Tidal River Thames.
Brentford to Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal.
- February Fenland Exploration day out.
- February Medway Estuary, Swale and Thames Estuary Exploration day out.
- March Trip up
Cambridge Backs.
- Thames Estuary, Medway,
Swale, Thames Estuary, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, Thames Estuary and
Tidal Thames to Brentford.
-
Boat Move, Missing bits of BCN, and Rumpus Erewash Fun Day. Uxbridge
to Kingswood Junction, grand Union Canal. Northern Stratford to Kings Norton
Junction. Worcester and Birmingham Canal to Worcester Bar. BCN to and including
Spon Lane Locks and back to Cambrian Basin, Birmingham. Oozells Street Loop.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to Fazeley Junction. Coventry Canal to Fradley
Junction. Trent and Mersey Canal to Shardlow. River Trent to Trent Lock. Erewash
Canal to Langley Mill.
- Fenland
Summer Tour. Erewash
Canal, River Trent, Beeston Cut, Nottingham Canal, River Trent, Tidal River
Trent, Fossdyke Navigation, River Witham, inc Old Course Of River Witham, Nocton
Delph, Timberland Delph, Catchwater Drain, Dogdyke, Billinghay Skirth, Kyme Eau.
Witham Navigable Drains, inc Castle Dyke, Newham Drain, West Fen Drain, Sandy
Bank Drain, Medlam Drain, Maud Foster Drain, Stonebridge Drain, East and West
Fen Catchwater Drains and Frith Bank Drain, Tidal River Witham, Wash, Tidal
Welland Outfall, River Welland and Car Dyke, Tidal River Glen, Welland Outfall,
Wash, Nene Outfall, River Nene, Middle Level inc Stanground Water, Kings Dyke,
Whittlesey Dyke, River Nene Old Course, Well Creek, New Bedford River, Popham's
Eau, Middle Level Main Drain, 16ft Drain, Old Popham's Eau, 40ft / Vermuyden's
Drain, Old Bedford River, 20ft River, High Lode, Bevill's Leam, New Cut, Black
Ham, Yaxley Lode, New Dyke, Monk's Lode, Great Raveley Drain, River Great Ouse,
Ely Ouse, Old West River, River Wissey, Little Ouse inc Lakenheath Lode, River
Lark inc Lee Brook, Soham Lode, Reach Lode, Burwell Lode, Wicken Lode, Swaffam
Bulbeck Lode, River Cam, River Nene, inc Westbridge Arm and Upper River Nene,
Northampton Arm, Grand Union Canal, Southern Oxford Canal, Upper Thames to
Hannington Bridge, River Thame to Dorchester._
- The
September Explo day out to the South Forty Foot Drain and Car Dyke.
This was to view
the potentially navigable Black Sluice / South Forty Foot Drain and Car Dyke
round Peterborough. This will one day form a link between the
rivers Witham, Glen, Welland and Nene.
- NB Frogmoore II boat move from Ely to
Ramsey.
Ely Ouse, Tidal River Great Ouse, Middle Level - Well Creek, Old Course of the
River Nene and High Lode. Plus all of the Forty Foot Drain to the junction with
the 16 Foot Drain and back.
- Royal Military Canal, Rye Harbour
and River Rother.
Images from walks during October 2001 Soggy Sussex holiday.
Tour 2000
- "Earnest's" Millennium Cruise.
Harefield Marina to Little Venice and
back. Grand Union Canal, Main Line and Paddington Arm.
- "Earnest's"
Basingstoke Canal Cruise. Harefield Marina
to end of Basingstoke Canal and back. Grand Union Canal to Brentford. Tidal
River Thames to Teddington. River Thames to Shepperton. River Wey Navigation to
Woodham Junction. Basingstoke Canal to Warnborough Green and back via the same
route.
- "Earnest's"
ALL BCN Summer Cruise. Harefield Marina to
Braunston, Grand Union Canal. Braunston to Fazeley Junction, North Oxford and
Coventry Canals. ALL BCN (apart from closed Spon Lane Locks) including Dudley
Tunnel and Staffs and Worcs Canal from Stourton Junction to Aldersley Junction.
Grand Union Canal to Lapworth. Southern Stratford Canal to Stratford upon Avon.
Warwickshire Avon to Tewkesbury. River Severn to Gloucester. Tidal Severn and
Bristol Avon estuaries to Bristol. Kennet and Avon Canal to Reading. River
Thames to Shepperton. River Wey to Godalming and back. River Thames to
Brentford. Grand Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
-
The October Lee and Stort Cruise.
Harefield Marina to Bulls Bridge, Grand Union Canal. Bulls Bridge to Little
Venice, Paddington Arm. Little Venice to Old Ford Lock, Regents Canal. Hertford
Union Canal. Lee and Stort Navigation to Hertford and Bishops Stortford and
return to Harefield Marina.
Tour 1999
-"Earnest's" Trial.
Newark to Braunston via Trent and Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Ashby Canal,
Coventry Basin and Northern Oxford Canals. + Braunston to end of Ashby Canal
and back, via Northern Oxford, Coventry Canal and Ashby Canal to Snarestone
and return.
-
"Earnest's" Maiden Voyage.
Braunston to Harefield Marina via Grand Union Canal, Grand Union Leicester
Section, Welford Arm, Market Harborough Arm, River Soar, River Trent, Tidal
River Trent, Chesterfield Canal, Tidal River Trent, Keadby, Sheffield and
South Yorkshire Navigation, Sheffield, Sheffield and South Yorkshire
Navigation, New Junction Canal, Aire and Calder Navigation, Calder and
Hebble Navigation, Rochdale Canal to Summit, Rochdale Canal, Calder and
Hebble Navigation (including Huddersfield Broad Canal, Salterhebble Arm and Dewsbury Arm), Aire
and Calder Navigation, Leeds and Liverpool Canal (inc. Springs Branch), Wigan,
Leigh Branch / Bridgewater Canal to Castlefields, Bridgewater Canal, Runcorn
Branch, Trent and Mersey Canal, Shropshire Union Canal Middlewich
Branch, Shropshire Union Canal Ellesmere Port Branch, Shropshire Union
Canal, Llangollen Canal, Montgomery Canal, Llangollen Canal (inc. Ellesmere
Town Arm, Prees Branch and Whitchurch Arm.), Shropshire
Union Canal, link section of Staffs and Worcs Canal, Through Wolverhampton and Birmingham on the main line.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Northern Stratford Canal, Grand Union Canal,
Southern Oxford Canal, River Thames to Lechlade, River Thames, Southern
Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal South including Aylesbury and Wendover Arms.
Tour 1998
- "Beatty's" last Tour.
Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, Northampton Arm, Northampton Westbridge
Arm
to Council Depot,
River Nene to Dog In A Doublet Lock, Middle Levels inc 20 ft River and
Popham's Eau to March and Return same way back to Harefield Marina.
Tour 1997
- "Beatty's" Mega Swan song Tour.
Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, Leicester Section, River Soar, River
Trent, Tidal River Trent, Torksey, Fossdyke and River Witham to Boston
including Kyme Eau and Witham Drains taster, Torksey, Tidal River Trent to Trent
Falls, Tidal River Ouse to Barmby, River Derwent (only to above Broken
Bridge), Pocklington Canal, Barmby, Tidal River Ouse to Selby, Selby Canal,
River Aire, Aire and Calder Navigation, Calder and Hebble Navigation,
Rochdale Canal to Littleborough, Rochdale Canal, Calder and Hebble
Navigation, Huddersfield Broad Canal and stub of Huddersfield Narrow, Calder
and Hebble Navigation, Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
to Liverpool, Bridgewater Canal to Manchester, Rochdale Nine, Ashton Canal,
Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Stalybridge. Lower Peak Forest Canal,
Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon Canal to Leek and
Froghall. Trent and Mersey Canal, Northern Staffs. and Worcs. Canal,
Birmingham, Grand Union Canal, Southern Oxford Canal, River Thames, Grand
Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
Tour 1996
- Grand Union and All Thames
Tour. Harefield Marina, Grand Union
Canal, Southern Oxford Canal, Oxford, River Thames, Lechlade, Brentford,
Grand Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
- Fens + Avon Tour. Harefield Marina,
Grand Union, Northampton Arm, Neil solo down River Nene, Middle Levels,
Salter's Lode to Denver Sluice, River Great Ouse, River Cam to Cambridge and
return to Northampton Arm, Grand Union, Southern Stratford canal,
Warwickshire River Avon, River Severn, Staff. and Worcs., Birmingham,
Northern Stratford, Grand Union, Southern Oxford, River Thames, Thames
Tideway to Limehouse, Regents Canal, Grand Union Canal to Harefield
Marina.
Tour 1995
- Lee and Stort Tour. Harefield
Marina, Grand Union Canal, Regents Canal, Hertford Union Canal, Rivers Lee
and Stort, Limehouse Link, Limehouse, Tidal River Thames, Brentford, Grand
Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
- Manchester Ship Canal,
Sheffield and Chesterfield Tour. Harefield Marina, Grand
Union, Brentford, River Thames, Oxford, Southern Oxford Canal to Fenny
Marina. STOP. Fenny Marina, Southern Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal,
Birmingham, Shropshire Union, Middlewich Arm, Trent and Mersey Canal,
Runcorn Arm, Bridgewater Canal to Castlefields, Bridgewater Canal to Pomona
Lock, Manchester Ship Canal - Upper Reaches, River Irwell, Manchester Ship
Canal , River Weaver to Winsford Flash, River Weaver, Manchester Ship Canal
to Ellesmere Port, Shropshire Union Canal, Middlewich Arm, Trent and Mersey
Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Upper Peak Forest Canal, Lower Peak Forest Canal,
Ashton Canal, Rochdale Nine, Bridgewater Canal, Leigh Branch, Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, Aire and Calder, New Junction Canal, Sheffield and South
Yorkshire to Sheffield, Stainforth and Keadby Canal, Tidal River Trent, West
Stockwith, Chesterfield Canal, West Stockwith, Tidal River Trent, River
Trent, Erewash Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Oxford Canal,
Grand Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
Tour 1994
- Lee and Stort Tour. Harefield
Marina, Grand Union Canal, Regents Canal, Hertford Union, Rivers Lee and
Stort, Limehouse Link, Limehouse Basin, Regents Canal, Grand Union Canal to
Harefield Marina.
- Kennet and Avon one way and B.C.N. Challenge Award
Tour. Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, Regents Canal to
Limehouse, River Thames, Kennet and Avon Canal, Bristol River Avon, Tidal
River Avon and Severn Estuary, Sharpness, Glos. and Sharpness Canal,
Gloucester, River Severn, Worcester and Birmingham Canal, ALL B.C.N. (Silver
Challenge Award.) Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal, Ashby Canal,
Coventry Canal to Coventry Basin, Oxford Canal, River Thames to Lechlade,
River Thames to Brentford, Grand Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
Tour 1993
- Tour-a-Wey. Harefield Marina, Grand
Union Canal, Brentford, River Thames, River Wey, River Thames, Grand Union
Canal to Harefield Marina.
- Thames Tideway Tour.
Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, Regents Canal, Hertford Union Canal,
Bow Creek, Tidal River Thames, Brentford, Grand Union Canal to Harefield
Marina.
- Leeds
and Liverpool Canal, Llangollen Canal +. Harefield
Marina, Grand Union Canal, Leicester section, River Soar, River Trent,
Stainforth and Keadby Canal, New Junction Canal, Aire and Calder Navigation.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Bridgewater Canal, Rochdale Nine, Ashton Canal,
Lower Peak Forest Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon
Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich Arm, Shropshire Union Canal,
Llangollen Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Staffs and Worcs Canal,
Stourbridge Canal, Dudley Canal, B.C.N., Grand Union Canal, Worcester and
Birmingham Canal, Northern Stratford Canal, Grand Union Canal to Harefield
Marina.
*Tour 1992
- Basingstoke Canal and Lee and Stort Tour.
Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, River Thames, River Wey to Brookwood,
All of open Basingstoke Canal, River Wey, River Thames to Brentford, Grand
Union Canal, Regents Canal, Hertford Union Canal, Rivers Lee and Stort, to
Limehouse, Tidal Thames to Brentford, Grand Union to Tring Summit including
Aylesbury and Wendover Arms, Grand Union Canal back to Harefield
Marina.
- Upper Thames and Midlands Tour.
Harefield Marina, Grand Union Canal, Brentford, River Thames to Lechlade,
River Thames to Oxford, Southern Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal, Leicester
Section, River Soar, River Trent, Trent and Mersey, Coventry Canal,
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Tame Valley, Rushall and Wyrley and Essington
Canals inc Anglesey Branch, B.C.N. Main Line, Dudley and Stourbridge Canals,
Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, River Severn, Worcester, Worcester and Birmingham
Canal, Grand Union Canal, to Waterways Services at Nether Heyford. STOP. Nether
Heyford, Grand Union Canal to Harefield Marina.
*Tour 1991
- "Beatty's" Maiden Voyage.
Nether Heyford, Grand Union, Southern Oxford Canal, River Thames, Kennet and
Avon Canal to Theale, River Thames to Brentford, Grand Union Canal to
Harefield Marina.
Canal Holiday 1990
-
Cheshire Ring + on hire boat "The Cloud".
Scholar Green, Macclesfield Canal, Lower Peak Forest Canal, Ashton
Canal, Rochdale Nine, Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon
Canal to Denford, Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal to Scholar
Green.
Canal Holiday 1986
-
Hire boat "Dabchick". Alvechurch,
Worcester and Birmingham Canal,
B.C.N. Main Line, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, River Severn, Worcester and Birmingham Canal
back to Alvechurch.
Canal Holiday 1984
- Hire Boat "Evelyn". Teddesley,
Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Lower
Peak Forest Canal, Ashton Canal, Rochdale Nine, Bridgewater Canal, Trent and
Mersey Canal, Middlewich Arm, Shropshire Union to Chester, Shropshire Union
Canal, Llangollen Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, B.C.N., Netherton Tunnel,
Dudley Canal, Stourbridge Canal, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal to
Teddesley.
Canal Holiday 1982
- Hire Boat "Evelyn". Teddesley,
Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, B.C.N., Grand Union Canal, Southern Stratford
Canal, Warwickshire River Avon, River Severn, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Shropshire
Union Canal, Middlewich Arm, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon Canal to
Froghall and Leek, Trent and Mersey Canal, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal to
Teddesley.
- Hire Boat "Guildford Knight". Guildford to Weybridge and back. River Wey.
Canal Holiday 1979
- Hire Boat "Peveril Castle". Macclesfield,
Macclesfield Canal, Lower Peak Forest Canal, Ashton Canal, Rochdale Nine,
Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich Branch, Shropshire
Union Canal to Wolverhampton. BCN / Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. Coventry Canal
to Fradley Junction. Trent and Mersey Canal to Etruria. Caldon Canal to Consall
Forge and back.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal to
Macclesfield.
Canal Holiday 1978
- Hire Boat "Goblin".
Upton on Severn, River Severn, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Trent and
Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Northern Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal,
Southern Stratford Canal, River Severn to Upton on Severn.
Canal Holidays 1977
- Hire Boat "Fjord Duchess". Middlewich,
Middlewich Arm, Shropshire Union Canal, Llangollen Canal to Llangollen and
back the same way.
- Hire Boat "Warwick Castle". Macclesfield,
Macclesfield Canal, Lower Peak Forest Canal, Ashton Canal, Rochdale Nine,
Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon Canal to Consall Forge,
Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal to Macclesfield.
Canal Holiday 1975
- Hire Boat "Lady Jane". Barbridge,
Shropshire Union Canal, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, River Severn (including
upstream within sight of Bewdley Bridge) Warwickshire River Avon (including
upstream to Alveston), Southern Stratford Canal, Grand Union Canal, B.C.N.,
Netherton Tunnel, Dudley Canal, Dudley Tunnel, B.C.N., Netherton Tunnel,
Dudley Canal, Stourbridge Canal, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Trent and Mersey
Canal, Caldon canal to Consall Forge, Caldon Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal,
Middlewich Arm to Barbridge.
Canal Holiday 1974
- Mr Daly's 20ft Dolphin Cruiser. Harefield
Marina, Grand Union, Southern Oxford Canal to Cropredy and return including
Aylesbury and Wendover Arms.
Canal Holiday 1973
- Hire Boat "Sir Walter Raleigh". Norbury
Junction, Shropshire Union Canal, B.C.N., Worcester and Birmingham Canal,
Northern Stratford Canal, Southern Stratford Canal, Higher River Avon to
Alveston Weir, return to Worcester and Birmingham then down to River Severn,
Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Llangollen Canal, then
return to Norbury Junction.
Canal Holiday 1972
- Hire Boat "Lady Hazel 2". Barbridge,
Middlewich Arm, Trent and Mersey Canal, Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, River
Severn, Worcester and Birmingham Canal, B.C.N., Shropshire Union Canal,
Llangollen Canal, Shropshire Union Canal to Barbridge.
Canal Holiday 1971
- Hire Boat "Dawn Star". Wightwick,
Staffs. and Worcs. Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Llangollen Canal to Trevor
and return the same way back.
Canal Holiday 1970
- B.W.B. Morgan Giles GRP hire boat. Nantwich,
Shropshire Union Canal, Middlewich Arm, Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield
Canal, Upper Peak Forest Canal to Whaley Bridge. Return by the same route.
The First Canal Holiday 1969
- Hire Boat "Maid Mary Shauna". Brinklow
(Stretton Stop), Oxford Canal to Oxford, River Thames via Dukes Cut, River
Thames to Brentford, Grand Union Canal , Northern Oxford Canal to Hawkesbury
and return back to Brinklow.
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