Slack with the photos

Andy and I accompanied Angela & Catherine on the first leg (you wouldn't know it looking at the pictures :-) ), but I have been a bit remiss in posting my photos. So here they are:


We had just started so this was one of the first Narrow Boats we had seen.


Angela & Catherine on the towpath, unusually near a pub! (we hadn't been in). The Take Away sign is about the food not the ladies!!










Catherine at Fenny Stratford lock, wondering if she should help the boat on it's way in. The lock has a swing bridge halfway along, so as well as operating the two sets of gates you have to move the bridge.........I thought boating was meant to be fun!!

At Bridge 102

Here we are at our destination.  It only took us 3.5 hours to walk through Milton Keynes!

The bridges along the canal are all numbered but they have obviously added some extra ones over the years so that letters follow the numbers e.g. 98a, 98b etc sometimes as much as up to e.  This is a bit disconcerting when you know you are heading for bridge 102 but you don't seem to be getting any closer!

Here We Go Again

One year later and Angela is still going on about buds!

Another Year, Another Walk

After the success of our Thames Path walk last year.  We, Angela and Catherine, have decided to do another walk this year.  We will be walking alongside the Grand Union canal from Birmingham to London.  The walk is split into two sections and we have decided to do the South section first which will take us from Milton Keynes to Little Venice in London.

The first leg is all around Milton Keynes and we managed to go wrong even though there was not a roundabout in sight!  We nearly set off going North instead of South!  Please don't anyone remember what Angela studied at uni!

The more astute among you have probably noticed by now that it isn't Catherine and Angela walking along the bank.  Andy and Brendan decided to join us for our first walk.  When we asked if they would come with us again they didn't answer so watch this space to see if we persuade them to join us again.