Author Archives: Geoff

Warwick

Thursday 27th October 2016 After yesterday’s 22 locks we deserved a leisurely morning, well Christine did anyway as she did all the locks, not that I didn’t want to do them but Christine struggled in the deep, double locks with … Continue reading

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Northampton to Gayton

Sunday 23rd October After another good nights sleep, we woke up to a dull and cloudy day which caused us cause for concern as today Mark, Paula, Tyla, and Ashleigh were coming on board for the day, and though they … Continue reading

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Wellingborough

19th October 2016 We woke and had a leisurely “cuppa” in bed before venturing out to a dry but chilly morning.  Our aim today was for Christine to have her nails done and me to go and visit the microbrewery, … Continue reading

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Northampton to Wellingborough

Friday 19th October We were up fairly early, as we needed to get going; firstly we had to “pop” into Morrison’s for a few essentials such as wine and gin!! Then we had to visit the Northampton Marina to get … Continue reading

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Banbury

Saturday 8th October 2016 We decided to walk into town, do a “rekey” before Martin and Marian arrived but en-route realised we could bring the boat nearer, in fact adjacent to the railway station car park where they were heading … Continue reading

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The Drive Home, day 1, La Spieza to Avignon

As with our last visit to this hotel in La Spiezia, parking was an issue that had to be addressed; so I was outside at the parking ticket machine at 0800 hrs to ensure we had paid and so avoid … Continue reading

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