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

Friday, 29 May 2015

Preston Bagot to Stratford-upon-Avon

We left Preston Bagot on Monday 25 May and arrived at Stratford upon-Avon on the Tuesday 26 May.

We crossed the Wootton Wawen Aqueduct


Ivan doing his horse impression!










We crossed the Edstone Aqueduct, the longest iron aqueduct in England. It is a Grade II listed structure. Built in the early 19th century the aqueduct spans a road and railway line via a 754 ft cast iron trough which rests on brick pillars. The towpath is unusually sunken below the level of the canal.
We cross the Edstone Iron Aqueduct






We descend the Wilmcote flight of locks



We moored overnight on Monday 25 May at Bishopston 

We entered Bancroft Basin in Stratford-upon-Avon on Tuesday 26 May and moored there for two nights









On Tuesday evening we enjoyed a nice meal and drink at this pub close to our mooring

Cheers!





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