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

Saturday, 4 July 2015

Market Bosworth to Weedon Bec

On Friday 26 June Slow Pace & Scotch Corner cruised to Coventry Basin where they stayed overnight. Following overnight stops on the North Oxford Canal they turned onto the Grand Union Canal at Braunston Turn and travelled to Weedon Bec, arriving there on Tueday 30 June.

Moored on the Ashby for a bus ride into Hinkley


After mooring above Hawksbury Junction time for refreshments and a meal at the Greyhound

It was nice outside but just before the heavens opened Bill managed to get a nice table in their private rooms!

The following morning Bill had to resolve a problem with his Stern Gland

Mooring in Coventry Basin

The stop at Coventry included a visit to the Motor Musuem

Turning on to the North Oxford Canal at Hawksbury Junction




Cruising on the North Oxford Canal



Cruising to Hillmorton

Ascending Hillmorton Locks



Lunch stop at the Old Royal Oak, Hillmorton

Mooring near Willoughby Wharf

Cruising to Braunston

Braunston Turn

Braunston Locks



Buckby Locks

Moored at Weedon Bec on the Grand Union Canal

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