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Post by dogless on Oct 8, 2022 7:49:34 GMT
With circumstances at home, we're uncertain exactly when we'll get back to the boat, but we noticed a further update (final update?) of the winter stoppages has been published.
It shows Cape Locks and Warwick Fly Boat locks closed from 3 January to late March, which means we'll probably have to head up Hatton and into Birmingham, perhaps with a visit to Stratford on the way.
Anone else been viewing the list and making, or altering plans ?
Rog
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Post by dogless on Oct 16, 2022 9:48:31 GMT
Re titled and slightly re directed ... we're considering heading down the G.U. to London next spring.
If we do I will definitely book C&RT moorings, aiming for Rembrandt Gardens where we've stayed before, as first choice.
However I understand there are bookable pontoon moorings now in Paddington arm if our first choice is thwarted.
Has anyone used them and what are they like please ?
Has anyone made plans / considered their next year's cruising ?
Rog
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Post by gazza on Oct 17, 2022 7:35:44 GMT
I'm not making any - it all turned to dust this year so I am not taking the risk of bitter disappointment two years n the trot!  |
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Post by dogless on Oct 17, 2022 7:39:09 GMT
I know what you mean gazzaThey say making plans is what you do until life happens 😁 But it's nice to dream. Rog |
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Post by GUMPY on Oct 17, 2022 8:02:57 GMT
I'm not making any - it all turned to dust this year so I am not taking the risk of bitter disappointment two years n the trot! Yes for me as well but at least it wasnt an SSA kyboshing my plans |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2022 12:19:28 GMT
Heading towards London. Will be booking a mooring as we have a date with Springsteen mid summer. Might go down the Thames and then back up the GU with a view to poppin onto the Nene again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2022 17:53:07 GMT
Did we get no where re what the Paddington moorings are like?
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Post by MetalWoman on Oct 24, 2022 18:02:29 GMT
Did we get no where re what the Paddington moorings are like? I believe they are usually very busy, often noisy but extremely handy for visiting the capital. However, the last time I moored there was 2008 so don't take my word for it. Hopefully someone with more recent experience will be along soon........... |
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Post by JohnV on Oct 25, 2022 6:58:25 GMT
After pressing the wrong button and inserting my reply into MetalWoman post as opposed to quoting it ... here goes again  My experience is limited and vintage ... I have only stopped there twice once around Christmas 1987 for a couple of days, bringing the 72' diesel/elctric boat back to the Stort (after having been stuck at Cassiobury Park following the '87 storm) and again about 2010 in Shapfell As far as I was concerned London was always a place to hurry through |
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Post by dogless on Oct 25, 2022 8:50:08 GMT
I've stayed at Rembrandt Gardens and booked and paid ... we like it there and will try and book for those moorings.
We've stayed twice in Paddington Arm without booking and paying and it's fine.
If Rembrandt Gardens are full I'll book for the arm.
I won't be going without a booked mooring ... it's just too busy these days for me.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2022 9:01:23 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Oct 25, 2022 10:51:07 GMT
they left a hell of a lot out .... I was refering to hurrying through London by boat not by other means.
The Prospect is a bit overdone now, what about the Town (of Ramsgate) at Wapping Stairs, I also used to go to the "House they left behind" (now closed)
"The Grapes" ..... "The Watermans Arms" on the Isle, the "George" outside the old Millwall Dock Entrance (now gone), "The Queen of the Isle", "The Gun" at Gun Wharf,
The other Marconi waiting room "The Denmark Arms" in East Ham on the otherside of the river "The Anchor and Hope" at Clapton "The Blind Bugger" for Music nights (Mile End)
"The Widows Son" before it was poncified ... there are quite a few more but I can't dredge them up from my memory atm
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Post by GUMPY on Oct 25, 2022 10:56:14 GMT
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Post by quaysider on Oct 25, 2022 11:31:11 GMT
Lazy copy and paste of my schedule for next year:
1st - 7th April 2023 (6 nights)
Caldon Canal: Etruria to Etruria VIA Froghll & Leek
Cruise 2
10th - 17th April (7 nights)
Trent & Mersey, Macclesfield canal and Upper peak Forrest: Westport Lake to Bugsworth Basin
Cruise 3
20th - 27th April (7nights ) RESERVED
Upper / Lower Peak Forrest & Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Whaley Bridge to Marsden
Cruise 4
29th April - 6th May (7nights) £ RESERVED
Huddersfield Narrow, Huddersfield Broad & Aire and Calder Navigation: Marsden to Sowerby Bridge
Cruise 5
9th May - 16th May (7nights) p RESERVED
Rochdale Canal: Sowerby Bridge to Manchester (either Piccadilly village or Castlefield Basin) – 7 nights
Cruise 6
18th May - 25th May (7 nights) £
Bridgewater Canal, Trent & Mersey and River Weaver: Manchester to Northwich (via Anderton Boat Lift on 24th)
Cruise 7
28th May - 3rd June (6 nights)
River Weaver, Trent & Mersey: Northwich to Nantwich (via Anderton Boat lift 29th and Middlewich Branch)
Cruise 8
6th June - 13th June (7nights)
Shroppie &Llangollen Canal: Nantwich to Llangollen – Pontycysyllte Aqueduct 7 nights
Cruise 9
15th June - 18th June (3nights)
Llangollen Canal: Chirk to Chirk VIA Llangollen and the Pontycysyllte Aqueduct
Cruise 10
20th June - 23rd June (3 nights)
Llangollen Canal: Chirk to Chirk VIA Llangollen and the Pontycysyllte Aqueduct
Cruise 11
25th June - 2nd July (7nights)
Llangollen Canal: Llangollen to Nantwich via the Pontycysyllte Aqueduct
Cruise 12
5th July - 12th July (7nights)
Shroppie & Staffs & Worcestershire: Nantwich to Kidderminster
Cruise 13
15th July - 21st July (6 nights) £
Staffs & Worcestershire,River Severn & Gloucester & Sharpness canal: Kidderminster to Gloucester Docks
Cruise 14
24th July - 28th July (4 nights) p RESERVED
Gloucester & Sharpness canal, River Severn, River Avon and Stratford and Avon Canal: Gloucester Docks to Statford on Avon
Cruise 15
30th July - 4th August (4nights) £p RESERVED
Stratford and Avon Canal and Grand Union Canal: Stratford Upon Avon to Warwick
Cruise 16
8th August - 15th August (7 nights) £
Grand Union Canal and Oxford Canal: Warwick to Oxford
Cruise 17
18th August - 25th August (7 nights)
Upper Thames: Oxford to Oxford via limit of Thames navigation
Cruise 18
29th August - 2nd September (4 nights)
South Oxford Canal: Oxford to Banbury
Cruise 19
5th September - 9th September (4 nights) £
Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal: Banbury to Oxford
Cruise 20
12th September - 19th September (7nights) £p RESERVED
Upper Thames: Oxford to Oxford via limit of Thames navigation
Cruise 21
22nd September - 26th September (4 nights) £p RESERVED
South Oxford Canal: Oxford to Banbury
Cruise 22
29th September to 6th October (7nights) £
Banbury to Northampton
If that last trip doesn't sell, I'll head back from Banbury to Stone for the winter early.
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 25, 2022 11:34:35 GMT
they left a hell of a lot out .... I was refering to hurrying through London by boat not by other means. The Prospect is a bit overdone now, what about the Town (of Ramsgate) at Wapping Stairs, I also used to go to the "House they left behind" (now closed) "The Grapes" ..... "The Watermans Arms" on the Isle, the "George" outside the old Millwall Dock Entrance (now gone), "The Queen of the Isle", "The Gun" at Gun Wharf, The other Marconi waiting room "The Denmark Arms" in East Ham on the otherside of the river "The Anchor and Hope" at Clapton "The Blind Bugger" for Music nights (Mile End) "The Widows Son" before it was poncified ... there are quite a few more but I can't dredge them up from my memory atm What do u mean by Marconi waiting room.. anything to to with the Marconi Priest.. Rev Dodds (or Dobbs) who was hung at Tyburn? I ask this as I have documentation dating back to this time and a poem written about him by an unknown Researched him (as I do) and discovered he was known as the first Marconi Priest |
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