This is a picture blog of the travels of Slow Pace and crew during our 2015 cruise from our mooring at Stanstead Abbotts to the Stratford-upon-avon and the Birmingham area.

Our route will be via the River Lee, Regents Canal, Grand Union Paddington Arm, Grand Union, Stratford-upon-avon Canal, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Staffordshire & Worcester Canal, Coventry Canal and North Oxford Canal before returning via the Grand Union etc.

You can click on pictures to enlarge and scroll through them but you will lose any captions I have added.

Here a is a map to help plot our progress:

Canal and River Map

Canal and River Map

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Little Venice to Bulbourne

We left Little Venice on Tuesday 5 May and arrived at Bulbourne, which is near Tring on the Grand Union Canal, on Sunday 10 May.


We moor overnight on Friday 8 May at Cowley Peachey,
where we enjoy a meal in the Malt & Shovel


Sandra & Ivan on Mr Toad joined us at Cowley Peachy, so we now have
four boats cruising together and here we are at Rickmansworth





Anne has a go at steering Scotch Corner



Anne steers Slow Pace past the swing bridge at Winkwell

Alan on Purple Parrot follows

Sandra managed to trip over twice today (and that is not after any wine!!)




We arrive at Berkhamsted on Saturday 9 May, where we moor overnight.



We relax in Berkhamsted




We stop for water and refreshments at Cowroast



We cruise through the Tring Cutting

We all get together after mooring up at Bulbourne

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