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Last year we took some Czechs and Brits on a short Canal trip on the Kennet and Avon canal. This year we are offering the same again to anyone interested.
You can sign up to join one of this years trips ;-
1.KATH PEARCE (21-28 July) TRIP FULL
2.NICK TUCKWELL (7-14 August)
or you can get a group of 6-8 people and negotiate your own date with us.
Below are some pictures from last years trip.....to give you an idea.
The Narrowboat can fit up to 8 people, the boat has all mod cons including TV, fridge, cooker, 2 toilets and showers and a roof.
It also floats. (terms and conditions apply). Sunny weather makes the trip a particular attraction - however, English weather may have something else to say on this matter.
If you walk along the side of the boat you could fall in. However, the water isn't very deep. And the boats really don't go very fast at all. You;re more likely to be killed by sticking dynamite up your trouser leg.
The boat trip starts this year by the DUNDAS AQUADUCT near Bath, where there is free car parking for the duration. It's the same car park the Romans used to use.
Although it's MAINLY all plain sailing....there are waterways tasks that need performing. Here we see the 'hardier' member sof the crew about to tackle the LOCK SYSTEM. this involves getting in a lock, opening and closing the gates with 'windlasses' (technical term for bendy lump of metal) and sailing out again.
Some locks are BLOODY DEEP. But don't worry. It IS possible to drown or up tip the boat or get it caught on a 'sill' , but these things are very unlikely and if anyone gets into 'serious' trouble we can batter them with the windlasses .
"Dry land....thank christ..."
The OTHER trouble you can get into is getting stuck in weeds or failing to execute a three point turn. In this picture we see the hardy Captain Smedley using a 'bargepole' to extricate the vessel from a tree after the 'First (and last) Mate' tried something clever.
To contact us for more information click on the studious nautical cove heaving to alongside this text.
But of course the main thing about canal holidays is the camaradery of the open seas. Here we see some visiting 'landlubbers' dropping in for the day to have some lunch and a few bottles of wine as we gently bobbed up and down in the stilly waters of the Kennet and Avon miles from civilisation yet never too far from a canalside pub.
