<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605</id><updated>2008-08-07T21:36:25.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sommaren 2008</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-8438094611392369414</id><published>2008-08-02T10:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T10:44:49.035-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2-8-2008 Colchester</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Torsdag och fredag tog vi oss l&amp;#229;ngsamt tillbaka till Oxford d&amp;#228;r stortv&amp;#228;tt och storst&amp;#228;dning v&amp;#228;ntade innan n&amp;#228;sta &amp;#228;garepar tog &amp;#246;ver. Nu sittar vi p&amp;#229; ett hotell i Colchester och l&amp;#228;ngtar redan tilbaka till livet p&amp;#229; Rivendell. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Tack till alla som har f&amp;#246;ljd bloggen, vi kommer att l&amp;#228;gga in fler bilder n&amp;#228;r vi kommer hem. Vi ses n&amp;#228;sta sommar.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Thursday and Friday we slowly cruised back to Oxford where it was time for some serious cleaning before the next shareowners took over. Now we sit at a hotel in Colchester and are already longing to be back on Rivendell.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thanks to all of you who have followed the blog, we will add some more pictures when we are back home. See you next summer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/08/2-8-2008-colchester.html' title='2-8-2008 Colchester'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=8438094611392369414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8438094611392369414'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8438094611392369414'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-8319180913357388688</id><published>2008-07-31T07:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T07:39:00.869-07:00</updated><title type='text'>29/30-7-2008 Oxford --&gt; Lower Heyford</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi fick ett par dagar &amp;#246;ver, s&amp;#229; vi beslutade oss f&amp;#246;r att g&amp;#229; en bit uppf&amp;#246;r South Oxford Kanalen. Det passade fint, d&amp;#229; det &amp;#228;r denna biten vi inte han med n&amp;#228;r vi senast var p&amp;#229; South Oxford Kanalen och kom norifr&amp;#229;n. Va sk&amp;#246;nt dett var att &amp;#229;terse de sm&amp;#229; smala slussarna som &amp;#228;r s&amp;#229; mycket enklara att betj&amp;#228;na.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHOelzOzjI/AAAAAAAAAPs/d0F2rYndMf4/SmalSluse2.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="SmalSluse" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNQIpwOyI/AAAAAAAAAPI/0WG9n7sa0bg/SmalSluse_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Den f&amp;#246;rsta dagen gick Sanne 10 km bredvid b&amp;#229;ten och letade upp 20 geocacher som var utlagda bredvid towpathen. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen hittade vi en mycket fin mooring vid Thrupp, d&amp;#228;r vi tillbringade natten innan vi &amp;#229;kte vidare mod Lower Heyford.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi stannade till p&amp;#229; den fina gamla puben Rocks of Gibraltar d&amp;#228;r de h&amp;#246;ll p&amp;#229; att planere kanalb&amp;#229;tstr&amp;#228;ff med ankt&amp;#228;vling.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNSVL9oJI/AAAAAAAAAPM/6t_kmDC8LWM/RockOfGibraltar%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="RockOfGibraltar" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNUxX_C3I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/seOuVkQypTo/RockOfGibraltar_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHOelzOzjI/AAAAAAAAAPs/d0F2rYndMf4/SmalSluse2.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNY7bbZkI/AAAAAAAAAPY/DxeuE2plbC8/Diamantsluse%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="164" alt="Diamantsluse" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNZ1jh1II/AAAAAAAAAPc/pSJHZ-ScM9M/Diamantsluse_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen var det ju f&amp;#246;rst&amp;#229;s inte alla slussar som var smala. Denne diamantformade sluss hittade vi vid indg&amp;#229;ngen till floden Cherwell.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;En stund senare blev dett hemlagad glass och andra f&amp;#246;rn&amp;#246;denheter indhandlade i en mycket speciel butik indredd i en narrowboat. (Jane's flytande g&amp;#229;rdsbutik norr om Pidgeon Lock). Man f&amp;#246;rt&amp;#246;jer bredvid b&amp;#229;ten och g&amp;#229;r sen ner och hittar det man vill handla - och l&amp;#228;gger betalningen i en l&amp;#229;da ;-)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNcI8yG0I/AAAAAAAAAPg/8DEychmmjuU/Madbaaden%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Madbaaden" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SJHNeFjJNKI/AAAAAAAAAPk/sAjJuZD5Qbg/Madbaaden_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We have a few spare days before we shall leave the boat, so wedecide to go up the South Oxford Canal. Very suitable as it was this part of the canal that we didn't have time to go the last time we visited&amp;#160; the South Oxford Canal (coming from the north). How nice it was to come back to the narrow locks again, they are so much easier to handle.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The first day Sanne walked 10 km beside the boat and found 20 geocaches that were hidden along the towpath.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this we found a very nice mooring at Thrupp where we spend the night before we continued towards Lower Heyford.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We stopped for lunch at the beautiful old pub Rocks of Gibraltar where they were planning a boatfestival with a duck competition.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Well, it was not all the locks that were narrow. This diamondshaped lock we found at the entrance to river Cherwell.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A short while later we had homemade icecream and bought other necessities in a very special shop inside a narrowboat (Jane's floating farmshop just north of the Pidgeon Lock). You were supposed to moore up along the shop(boat), go down and find what you want to buy and leave your payment in a small box :-)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/2930-7-2008-oxford-lower-heyford.html' title='29/30-7-2008 Oxford --&amp;gt; Lower Heyford'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=8319180913357388688' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8319180913357388688'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8319180913357388688'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-7943366926791021205</id><published>2008-07-29T10:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T10:32:43.551-07:00</updated><title type='text'>28-7-2008 Clifton Hampden --&gt; Oxford</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I Clifton Hampden fanns det en underbar liten aff&amp;#228;r ihop med det lokala posthuset d&amp;#228;r vi hittade nybakat br&amp;#246;d och varma croisanter till frukost i dag. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9T6K_nMoI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Q9oQsPwXEXA/Themsen%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Themsen" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9T77wyEII/AAAAAAAAAOY/q2aB3c6JQzc/Themsen_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen blev det en l&amp;#229;ng och mycket het seglats till Oxford. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9T9_rUZSI/AAAAAAAAAOc/Trq70lNOaNE/Gondol%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Gondol" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9T_HZts4I/AAAAAAAAAOg/qmZnU7EodSc/Gondol_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi hade planerad att g&amp;#229; upp via Dukes Cut, men d&amp;#229; vi kom till v&amp;#229;r sista sluss p&amp;#229; Themsen rekommenderade slussvaktarna oss att ta oss bort fr&amp;#229;n Themsen p&amp;#229; grund av &amp;#246;versv&amp;#228;mningsvarningar som f&amp;#246;ljd av kraftiga &amp;#229;skskurar. S&amp;#229; vi gick upp f&amp;#246;r Sheepwash Channel till Oxford kanalen vid Oxford centrum i st&amp;#228;llet och hittade en ledig till&amp;#228;gsplats alldelas i b&amp;#246;rjan.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UBPxfGKI/AAAAAAAAAOk/n9W1mHYa8Ws/Indsejling%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Indsejling" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UDGXsfNI/AAAAAAAAAOo/AQTLq4aleso/Indsejling_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UGBg7nHI/AAAAAAAAAOs/dzvGj2uQrYk/OxfordBro%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 15px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="OxfordBro" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UHarbOLI/AAAAAAAAAOw/yTWH39rvgHc/OxfordBro_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UJZ6_-II/AAAAAAAAAO0/asCtiw-qDBw/Folkevrimmel%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 5px 15px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Folkevrimmel" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UKtc31-I/AAAAAAAAAO4/8hGUOJrl9BU/Folkevrimmel_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;P&amp;#229; kv&amp;#228;llen gick vi en cachingrunda i stan och nj&amp;#246;t av folklivet i den varma kv&amp;#228;llen. Sen b&amp;#246;rjade det &amp;#229;ska och vi drog oss hem til b&amp;#229;ten - precis innan regnet b&amp;#246;rjade.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Clifton Hampden there was a lovely little shop in the local postoffice where we bought freshbaked bread and warm croisants for breakfast today.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this we had a long and very hot cruise to Oxford. We had planned to go up at Dukes Cut, but when we arrived at our last lock on the Thames, the lockkeeper adviced us to leave the Thames because he had got floodwarnings from Metoffice because of expected heavy thunderstorms. So instead we went up the Sheepwash Channel to the Oxford Canal at Oxford center and found a mooring right in the beginning of the canal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UMaUpNmI/AAAAAAAAAO8/EmAVm9RXQYk/Mooring%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Mooring" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI9UOZK-ddI/AAAAAAAAAPA/Ac-bfaQXc_I/Mooring_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the evening we went for geocaching in Oxford and enjoyed the many people who were on the streats&amp;#160; in the warm evening. Then the thunder and lightning started and we went home to the boat just before the rain started.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/28-7-2008-clifton-hampden-oxford.html' title='28-7-2008 Clifton Hampden --&amp;gt; Oxford'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=7943366926791021205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7943366926791021205'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7943366926791021205'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-332792294916276563</id><published>2008-07-28T04:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T04:48:01.780-07:00</updated><title type='text'>27-7-2008 Shillingford --&gt; Clifton Hampden</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;En mycket social dag. Vid lunchtid fick vi bes&amp;#246;k av Louise och Jonathan som &amp;#228;r nya del&amp;#228;gare i b&amp;#229;ten. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen gick vi med v&amp;#229;ra nya Australensiska bekannta Rob och Tric hem till deras underbara hus i Shillingford, d&amp;#228;r vi &amp;#229;t Ploughman's lunch med mousserande vin och hade en trevlig pratstund. N&amp;#228;r vi gick hem till b&amp;#229;ten hade vi ett av Rob's hembakade br&amp;#246;d med oss, s&amp;#229; det blev kv&amp;#228;llsmat med &amp;quot;riktigt&amp;quot; br&amp;#246;d.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2xsaf7dYI/AAAAAAAAAN8/LQbZ8yUvemc/frokost3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="304" alt="frokost" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2xurZFWXI/AAAAAAAAAOA/TcRw9jaSXX0/frokost_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2x1hou3PI/AAAAAAAAAOE/ODOyFN1ARWs/skallesluger3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="234" alt="skallesluger" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2x2xSgL3I/AAAAAAAAAOI/RI4ZQyx6Gpw/skallesluger_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; eftermiddagen fortsatte vi v&amp;#229;r resa uppf&amp;#246;r Themsen. Det &amp;#228;r fortfarande sv&amp;#229;rt att hitta till&amp;#228;gsplatser, s&amp;#229; vi fick en g&amp;#228;st som la till utanp&amp;#229; oss. Det var Ray and Lucille p&amp;#229; Lucy Locket, s&amp;#229; vi fick &amp;#228;nnu en trevlig pratstund innan det var s&amp;#228;ngdags.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2x5Y76nfI/AAAAAAAAAOM/l98XZrCkfuk/mooring3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="mooring" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SI2x716AkSI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/MidYDdnWhYo/mooring_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A very social day. At lunchtime the new shareholders Louise and Jonathan gave us a visit to have a look at the boat.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this we walked home to our new Australian friends Rob and Tric who lives in a lovely house in Shillingford. We had a Ploughman's&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;em&gt;lunch with sparkling wine and a nice chat. When we went back to the boat we had one of Rob's homebaked breads with us, so for once we had an evening meal with &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; bread.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the afternoon we continued our cruise on the Thames. It is still very difficult to find moorings, so we got a visitor who moored outside us. It was Ray and Lucille on Lucy Locket and we had another nice chat with them before it was time to go to bed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/27-7-2008-shillingford-clifton-hampden.html' title='27-7-2008 Shillingford --&amp;gt; Clifton Hampden'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=332792294916276563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/332792294916276563'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/332792294916276563'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-7327845230168170223</id><published>2008-07-27T04:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T04:46:08.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>26-7-2008 Marpledurham --&gt; Shillingford Bridge Hotel</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi b&amp;#246;rjade dagen med ett bes&amp;#246;k i den trevliga &lt;a href="http://www.bealepark.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Beale Park&lt;/a&gt;, d&amp;#228;r vi &amp;#229;kte t&amp;#229;g, tittade p&amp;#229; ugglor, s&amp;#229;g p&amp;#229; vattentr&amp;#228;dg&amp;#229;rdar och mycket annat.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXDow-InI/AAAAAAAAANU/Yi89UGmG4bc/BealePark%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="314" alt="BealePark" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXF9bAqiI/AAAAAAAAANY/FJYSdxF9nsg/BealePark_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen fortsatte vi i lungt tempo upp f&amp;#246;r Themsen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXHz4cv7I/AAAAAAAAANc/BtlFpcPz5Rg/Landskab%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="314" alt="Landskab" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXJ5NtAlI/AAAAAAAAANg/xiy7B4FzAdE/Landskab_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXM78Kk4I/AAAAAAAAANk/CzV3yF3y9hA/Maagetrae%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Maagetrae" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXPfLBSVI/AAAAAAAAANo/wbGvKVc-YYY/Maagetrae_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi slutar alldrig att f&amp;#246;rundras &amp;#246;ver de m&amp;#228;rkliga farkoster man m&amp;#246;ter p&amp;#229; Themsen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXSYkaTiI/AAAAAAAAANs/pAFk76VKpHQ/Badekar%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="336" alt="Badekar" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXU46Ko8I/AAAAAAAAANw/pYwx5q4PEbU/Badekar_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; kv&amp;#228;llen la vi &amp;#228;nnu en g&amp;#229;ng till vid Shillingford Bridge Hotel.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXWunWtvI/AAAAAAAAAN0/v4zwO8BUqWM/Shilingford%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Shilingford" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxXbHK8e9I/AAAAAAAAAN4/MCl7vMARKHI/Shilingford_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We started the day with a visit in the very nice &lt;a href="http://www.bealepark.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Beale Park&lt;/a&gt;, where we took the small train around in the park and looked at the owles, the water gardens and a lot of other things.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After the visit to the park we continued our slow cruising up for the Thames.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We never stop wondering about the many strange &amp;quot;boats&amp;quot; we meet on the river.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the evening we once more moored up at the Shillingford Bridge Hotel.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/26-7-2008-marpledurham-shillingford.html' title='26-7-2008 Marpledurham --&amp;gt; Shillingford Bridge Hotel'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=7327845230168170223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7327845230168170223'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7327845230168170223'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-4581643489879718590</id><published>2008-07-27T03:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T03:25:35.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>25-7-2008 Theale --&gt; Marpledurham</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Detta var dagen d&amp;#228;r vi tog de sista slussarna p&amp;#229; Kennet &amp;amp; Avon Kanalen och gick ut p&amp;#229; Themsen igen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMIEdUnpI/AAAAAAAAAMs/-wygdZjXIW4/SluseReparation%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="SluseReparation" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMK4hjs5I/AAAAAAAAAMw/sf7FlKmK3sc/SluseReparation_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;D&amp;#229; vi kom till Country Lock i Reading blev det stopp f&amp;#246;r en stund p&amp;#229; grund av reperationer. Medan vi v&amp;#228;ntade var det pl&amp;#246;tslig en som ropade, det var Andy Edwards p&amp;#229; Khayamanzi som hade f&amp;#246;ljt v&amp;#229;r Rivendell blogg. Det skall bli kul att f&amp;#246;lja &lt;a href="http://khayamanzi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Andy's blogg&lt;/a&gt; n&amp;#228;r han g&amp;#229;r upp for Kennet &amp;amp; Avon.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMMM2_J8I/AAAAAAAAAM0/1q1YV7HPWyo/StorBaad%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="StorBaad" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMNmVPTUI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DHMxWPa__6Y/StorBaad_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I Reading blev det storhandlat p&amp;#229; Tesco och sen var vi &amp;#229;ter ute bland de stora b&amp;#229;tarna, de stora slussarna och de stora vattenfallen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMPs9nuxI/AAAAAAAAAM8/FME_xIBdbsk/ThemsSluse%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="ThemsSluse" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMRcq5mMI/AAAAAAAAANA/a_XMb9Gtjeg/ThemsSluse_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMS7RZxBI/AAAAAAAAANE/PpcGS7qCA-s/Weir%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Weir" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMUSYUg4I/AAAAAAAAANI/IAClHFeYE6A/Weir_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Kv&amp;#228;llarna p&amp;#229; Themsen &amp;#228;r mycket vackra &amp;#228;ven om det &amp;#228;r mycket sv&amp;#229;rt att hitta till&amp;#228;gsplatser.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMVVvGzeI/AAAAAAAAANM/IvQLIBE-ClQ/AftehPaaThesen%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="AftehPaaThesen" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIxMWhCIz-I/AAAAAAAAANQ/m2Tjp-9oE1Q/AftehPaaThesen_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This was the day then we took the last locks on the Kennet &amp;amp; Avon Canal and went out on the Thames again.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When we came to the Country Lock in Reading we had a short waiting time because of the ongoing repair work in the lock. While we waited somebody shouted at us from a boat coming up the lock. That was Andy Edwards on the Khayamanzi who has been following our Rivendell blog. It will be fun to follow &lt;a href="http://khayamanzi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Andy's blog&lt;/a&gt; when he goes up for the Kennet and Avon (he has already started complaining over the many heavy locks and swingbridges ;-)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Reading we went shopping at Tesco before we continued our cruising, now among big boats, big locks and big weirs.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The nights at the Thames are very beautiful, even if it is very difficult to find a mooring place for the night.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/25-7-2008-theale-marpledurham.html' title='25-7-2008 Theale --&amp;gt; Marpledurham'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=4581643489879718590' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/4581643489879718590'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/4581643489879718590'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-936310772568898568</id><published>2008-07-24T13:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T13:52:59.151-07:00</updated><title type='text'>24-7-2008: Woolhampton --&gt; Theale</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi b&amp;#246;rjade dagen med att g&amp;#229; in p&amp;#229; varvet i Aldermaston f&amp;#246;r att f&amp;#229; bytt olja och oljefilter p&amp;#229; motorn.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIjrihwWiMI/AAAAAAAAAMc/1A5o0bBfwlA/bro%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="bro" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIjrkClPghI/AAAAAAAAAMg/vC1MxwHN7G0/bro_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen fortsatte vi ner f&amp;#246;r Kennet &amp;amp; Avon. Det b&amp;#246;rjade bli t&amp;#228;tt mellen sv&amp;#228;ng- och lyft broarna. En del m&amp;#229;ste man &amp;#246;ppna f&amp;#246;r hand och andra var el-man&amp;#246;vrerade med en styrpult.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;V&amp;#228;dret har varit underbart de senasta dagarna, men efter ett par timmers seglats hade det blivit f&amp;#246;r hett och vi la till f&amp;#246;r dagen. Resten av eftermiddagen tillbringades i skuggan under ett tr&amp;#228;d.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIjrnFrkAdI/AAAAAAAAAMk/pM2leUyZ0Xs/goeje%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="453" alt="goeje" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIjrqeEIAdI/AAAAAAAAAMo/tZ_vsSonMVc/goeje_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vid kv&amp;#228;llstid gick vi en runda mellan de m&amp;#229;nga sj&amp;#246;ar och flodgrenar i omr&amp;#229;det och tr&amp;#228;ffade denna lilla krabat i &amp;quot;djungeln&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We started the day with a visit to the Aldermaston Wharf for oilchange and change of oilfilter.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When we were finished at the wharf we continued down the Kennet &amp;amp; Avon Canal. There are more and more bridges on our way. Some of them must be opened by hand while others are electrically maneuvered.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The weather has been wonderful in the last couple of days, but after a few hours of cruising it simply was too hot and we moored up for the night. The rest of the afternoon was spend in the shadown under a tree.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After the dinner we went for a walk between the many lakes and small rivers in the area and med this little guy in the &amp;quot;jungle&amp;quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/24-7-2008-woolhampton-theale.html' title='24-7-2008: Woolhampton --&amp;gt; Theale'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=936310772568898568' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/936310772568898568'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/936310772568898568'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-7511821310564148504</id><published>2008-07-23T10:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T10:43:18.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>23-7-2008: Newbury --&gt; Woolhampton</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtil0UMjI/AAAAAAAAAME/Vo0SYl40hB8/utaetSluse3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="utaetSluse" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtltG3rpI/AAAAAAAAAMI/QAuQJLuBaS4/utaetSluse_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;N&amp;#229;gra av slussportarna p&amp;#229; Kennet &amp;amp; Avon kanalen &amp;#228;r v&amp;#228;ldigt ot&amp;#228;ta, s&amp;#229; styrmannen risikerar att f&amp;#229; sig en dusch n&amp;#228;r han st&amp;#229;r p&amp;#229; b&amp;#229;ten i slussen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtnb1KmnI/AAAAAAAAAMM/4gYDnnnItS8/Krappen3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="171" alt="Krappen" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtohC7l4I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/k9uJ_erd06M/Krappen_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;V&amp;#229;r &amp;quot;kompis&amp;quot; Krappen &amp;#228;r som vanligt med p&amp;#229; v&amp;#229;ra resor och njuter&amp;#160; landskapet som glidar f&amp;#246;rbi.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;V&amp;#228;dret har varit helt underbart i dag och det &amp;#228;r tr&amp;#228;ngsel p&amp;#229; kv&amp;#228;llens till&amp;#228;gsplats.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtq6RI1pI/AAAAAAAAAMU/UPjJYwdo4dU/Mooring3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Mooring" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdttB5bBQI/AAAAAAAAAMY/QqjoIhLaAfI/Mooring_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some of the locks at the Kenneth &amp;amp; Avon Canal are leaking so much that the man at the tillerpin can get a shower when he is standing at the boat in the lock.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Our &amp;quot;friend&amp;quot; Krappen is with us as usual on our travels and enjoys the landscapes that passes by the window.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The weather has been wonderful today and this days mooring are really filled up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/23-7-2008-newbury-woolhampton.html' title='23-7-2008: Newbury --&amp;gt; Woolhampton'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=7511821310564148504' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7511821310564148504'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7511821310564148504'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-2433095035241452970</id><published>2008-07-23T10:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T10:41:53.569-07:00</updated><title type='text'>22-7-2008: Hungerford --&gt; Newbury</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtMNOHEQI/AAAAAAAAALs/q4bZSexYHxY/Hestebaad3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Hestebaad" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtO0PYA1I/AAAAAAAAALw/Ht82DwAjthk/Hestebaad_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Lugn f&amp;#228;rd - inte s&amp;#229; m&amp;#229;nga b&amp;#229;tar. Men vi m&amp;#246;tte en gammal bekant, den h&amp;#228;stdragna bargen. Och sen m&amp;#246;tte vi ocks&amp;#229; en b&amp;#229;t som hade blivit av med grillen p&amp;#229; taket d&amp;#229; de m&amp;#246;tte den h&amp;#228;stdragna.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtRHGgfGI/AAAAAAAAAL0/0IwfdlCa27w/Mooring3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Mooring" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtTLO2TMI/AAAAAAAAAL4/PVhTQEGK2y0/Mooring_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; eftermiddagen hittade vi v&amp;#229;r gamla till&amp;#228;gsplats i det v&amp;#228;nliga Newbury.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtVxyTGrI/AAAAAAAAAL8/4CL3OKYPYTk/Newbury15.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="164" alt="Newbury1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIdtX7efLCI/AAAAAAAAAMA/3AclsQHfF5E/Newbury1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;P&amp;#229; kv&amp;#228;llen gick vi en st&amp;#246;rre runda i staden.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A quiet cruising today with very few boats on the canal. But we met our old friend, the horsedrawn barge. And later we met another boat who had lost their barbeque from the roof when they met the horsedrawn barge.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the afternoon we found our old mooring place in the friendly Newbury and in the evening we went for a longer walk in the town.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/22-7-2008-hungerford-newbury.html' title='22-7-2008: Hungerford --&amp;gt; Newbury'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=2433095035241452970' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2433095035241452970'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2433095035241452970'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-6258038060804592787</id><published>2008-07-21T13:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T13:21:57.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>21-7-2008: Great Bedwyn --&gt; Hungerford</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;En lugn tur med endast 10 slussar ...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvMLMudyI/AAAAAAAAALM/EWlv4KGoCbU/Common%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Common" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvOP2A9RI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Zevkya7P00Y/Common_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; eftermiddagen la vi till i Hungerford och gick en l&amp;#228;ngre runda p&amp;#229; the Common. Ett mycket vackert omr&amp;#229;de d&amp;#228;r kreaturen g&amp;#229;r fritt omkring - ocks&amp;#229; p&amp;#229; v&amp;#228;garna.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvQpYftcI/AAAAAAAAALU/EzT1TG7EXYo/Mats%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Mats" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvTRbFKTI/AAAAAAAAALY/6dAjCTvq4Tc/Mats_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen blev det tid till en pint p&amp;#229; puben Down Gate som liggar intil the Common.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvVU-w9PI/AAAAAAAAALc/y2aHmIMUu5U/BlomsterPub%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="BlomsterPub" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvXzPGpSI/AAAAAAAAALg/55SpYLlAGAg/BlomsterPub_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A quiet cruise today with no more than 10 locks...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the afternoon we moored in Hungerford and went for a walk at the Common. A very beautiful area where the cattle walks freely around - also at the roads.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After the walk it was time for a pint at the pub Down Gate that is situated at the edge of the Common.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/21-7-2008-great-bedwyn-hungerford.html' title='21-7-2008: Great Bedwyn --&amp;gt; Hungerford'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=6258038060804592787' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6258038060804592787'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6258038060804592787'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-2041329288547447168</id><published>2008-07-20T14:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T13:20:53.589-07:00</updated><title type='text'>20-7-2008: Top of Crofton Locks --&gt; Great Bedwyn</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; v&amp;#228;gen stannade vi till vid &lt;a href="http://www.croftonbeamengines.org/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Crofton Pumping Station&lt;/a&gt;. Ett mycket interessant bes&amp;#246;k vid den gamla &amp;#229;ngdrivna pumpstationen fr&amp;#229;n det artonde &amp;#229;rhundrade som pumpar vatten upp till toppen av Kennet &amp;amp; Avon kanalen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOp7LxNv5I/AAAAAAAAAK0/P9nLpNg_XE8/Crofton%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Crofton" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOqBCDWtlI/AAAAAAAAAK4/AbUgD8qlcr8/Crofton_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; eftermiddagen la vi till i Great Bedwyn och gick en runda i byn. En verklig p&amp;#228;rla. M&amp;#229;nga av byarna i detta omr&amp;#229;det ser ut som om tiden har st&amp;#229;tt stilla sedan 1800 talet.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOqEpQ9W9I/AAAAAAAAAK8/FZUYBD3Z8fI/GreatBedwyn1%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="GreatBedwyn1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOqIpxDN7I/AAAAAAAAALA/NGpjzjoI4-c/GreatBedwyn1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOqNB2iwQI/AAAAAAAAALE/Zv35IgpvU8w/3Tuns%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="164" alt="3Tuns" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOqQdT9paI/AAAAAAAAALI/u97wVJPaheQ/3Tuns_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;P&amp;#229; puben Three Tuns var det mycket trevligt och b&amp;#229;de hundar och barn s&amp;#229;g ut att trivas.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the way we stopped at the &lt;a href="http://www.croftonbeamengines.org/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Crofton Pumping Station&lt;/a&gt;. A very interesting visit at the old steam driven pumping station from the 18th century that pumps the water up to the top of the Kennet &amp;amp; Avon canal.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the afternoon we moored for the night in Great Bedwyn and went for a walk in the village. A real gem. Many of the villages in this area looks as if the time has not changed since the last century.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvnnUJADI/AAAAAAAAALk/HwAjIBSjh98/Aftenstemning%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Aftenstemning" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SITvpOufNnI/AAAAAAAAALo/Vwtqojzqtjk/Aftenstemning_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The pub Three Tuns was very cosy and both dogs and children looked as if they had a good time in there.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/20-7-2008-top-of-crofton-locks-great.html' title='20-7-2008: Top of Crofton Locks --&amp;gt; Great Bedwyn'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=2041329288547447168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2041329288547447168'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2041329288547447168'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-2440998149793272359</id><published>2008-07-20T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T14:00:00.672-07:00</updated><title type='text'>19-7-2008: Honey Street --&gt; Top of Crofton Locks</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi b&amp;#246;rjade dagen med en helt underbar l&amp;#229;ngvandring till backarna vid den vita h&amp;#228;sten d&amp;#228;r vi hittade v&amp;#229;r geocache no 2000!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOm9qzzROI/AAAAAAAAAKU/YKLpXJ84keY/WhiteHorse%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="WhiteHorse" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnAZG6ItI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hbyxrERoK_o/WhiteHorse_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnDFyXb7I/AAAAAAAAAKc/R6mgJXb0rqM/Vandretur%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Vandretur" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnGRVjsNI/AAAAAAAAAKg/MyzjVBBJl2E/Vandretur_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Fr&amp;#229;n toppen hade vi en 360 graders vy &amp;#246;ver hela landskapet.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnJO4scjI/AAAAAAAAAKk/Sul73QMyP-M/SanneNyderUdsigten%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="SanneNyderUdsigten" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnL1rl6HI/AAAAAAAAAKo/qSJCg8l_QJY/SanneNyderUdsigten_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; v&amp;#228;gen did s&amp;#229;g vi en nygjort &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle" target="_blank"&gt;crop-circl&lt;/a&gt;e mitt i en &amp;#229;ker. Ingen konst att ta sig dit n&amp;#228;r det finns traktorsp&amp;#229;r i marken ;-) Det spekuleras mycket p&amp;#229; vem som g&amp;#246;r dessa cirklar och hur de b&amp;#228;r sig &amp;#229;r - allt fr&amp;#229;n gr&amp;#246;na m&amp;#228;n fr&amp;#229;n Mars till helikopterlandningar. Vi tr&amp;#228;ffade ocks&amp;#229; n&amp;#229;gon som menade att det hela var kommersiellt och att det fanns svarta l&amp;#229;dar ute p&amp;#229; &amp;#229;krarna d&amp;#228;r man kunde l&amp;#228;gga i pengar f&amp;#246;r att &amp;quot;st&amp;#246;tta&amp;quot; arbetet med att g&amp;#246;ra crop-cirklar. De sa ocks&amp;#229; att han som brukade g&amp;#246;ra cirklarna hade g&amp;#229;tt i pension, men att det uppenbarligen m&amp;#229;ste vara nya som hade tagit &amp;#246;ver.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnPS1sstI/AAAAAAAAAKs/Z2uAFjObQOQ/CropCirkel%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="434" alt="CropCirkel" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIOnTDGgf5I/AAAAAAAAAKw/R0VcgpIwe80/CropCirkel_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We started the day with an absolutely wonderful walk to the hills at the white horse - and found our geocache no 2000!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;From the top of the hills we had a 360 degrees view over the landscape - breathtaking.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On our way to the top we saw a newly made &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle" target="_blank"&gt;crop circle&lt;/a&gt; in the middle of a field. No problem to get there when there are tractor tracks in the field ;-) There are many discussions about who are making those circles and how they do it - all from green men from Mars to helicopter landings. We met a couple on our walk who ment that it was all commercial and that there were black boxes on the acres where you could donate money to support the art of making crop circles. They also told us that the guy who usually made the circles had retired, but that obviously there must be some new people who had taken over.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/19-7-2008-honey-street-top-of-crofton.html' title='19-7-2008: Honey Street --&amp;gt; Top of Crofton Locks'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=2440998149793272359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2440998149793272359'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2440998149793272359'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-2155892145207123756</id><published>2008-07-18T12:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T12:54:03.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>18-7-2008: Devizes --&gt; Honey Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;B&amp;#246;rjade dagen med ett bes&amp;#246;k p&amp;#229; den n&amp;#228;rliggande plantskolan, b&amp;#229;tens blommor beh&amp;#246;vde f&amp;#246;rnyas. Sedan tog vi de 3 &amp;#229;terst&amp;#229;ande slussarna upp till Devizes d&amp;#228;r vi storhandlade.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0XFw9hhI/AAAAAAAAAJw/_1nJhJ-a-iA/Vinkler%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Vinkler" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0bhFGw0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/eUpcGl3CmKM/Vinkler_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Efter en kort men intensiv regnskur d&amp;#229; vi passade p&amp;#229; att &amp;#228;ta lunch, fortsatte vi &amp;#246;sterut till Honey Street och the Barge Inn. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0hMi4fhI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/AvGf6IrPOls/Groeft%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Groeft" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0lIVL56I/AAAAAAAAAKA/44xAi4iZi3A/Groeft_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Det var n&amp;#228;stan inga b&amp;#229;tar p&amp;#229; kanalen, bara denna som lurade i vassen - och s&amp;#229; denna s&amp;#246;ta lilla b&amp;#229;t.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0pCP3SFI/AAAAAAAAAKE/nkRUBwmcNnw/Baad%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Baad" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0uzo6SjI/AAAAAAAAAKI/KsshZlwFCYE/Baad_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We started the day with a visit to the local gardencenter, the flowers at the roof of the boat needed replacements. After this we took the 3 final locks up to Devizes where we went shopping.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID0yQwtW4I/AAAAAAAAAKM/8Va9Bpy9DP8/Brohul%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="Brohul" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SID017n7mDI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/5vGHkrRYHi0/Brohul_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After a short but intensive rainshower while we had our lunch, we continued our cruising to Honey Street and moored up at the Barge Inn.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There were almost no boats on the canal, only a singe one hiding in the greenery and the little cute one you see on the picture above.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/18-7-2008-devizes-honey-street.html' title='18-7-2008: Devizes --&amp;gt; Honey Street'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=2155892145207123756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2155892145207123756'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/2155892145207123756'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-474840605622765285</id><published>2008-07-18T09:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T09:26:16.305-07:00</updated><title type='text'>17-7-2008: Caen Slusstrappa / Caen Flight</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDUqgSwGI/AAAAAAAAAJI/FmCsifpjuDo/Svane3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Svane" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDZ7mrDyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/8DPLzzZjYVY/Svane_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;B&amp;#246;rjade dagen med svanmatning och reperation av duschpumpan.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDgGywCQI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/ZLXmk2ZwYTM/Slusetrappe3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Slusetrappe" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDlrNEW7I/AAAAAAAAAJU/QZgZwjAw0AU/Slusetrappe_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sedan var det tid att ta itu med slusstrappan p&amp;#229; 29 slussar. Det gick bra, men da vi endast hade 3 slussar kvar fick vi syn p&amp;#229; en till&amp;#228;gsplats utan f&amp;#246;r puben The Black Horse. Den frestelsen f&amp;#246;ll vi f&amp;#246;r, s&amp;#229; det blev middag p&amp;#229; puben.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDqEhfGPI/AAAAAAAAAJY/FzdhLETLHYE/AAkander3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="262" alt="AAkander" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDDxWZZFRI/AAAAAAAAAJc/yAUtnmElGEo/AAkander_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;N&amp;#228;r vi satt p&amp;#229; b&amp;#229;ten och pustade ut efter anstr&amp;#228;ngningen d&amp;#246;k det pl&amp;#246;tslig upp en man som stod utenf&amp;#246;r och vinkade. Det var Chris fr&amp;#229;n The Chens som hade f&amp;#229;t syn p&amp;#229; Rivendell som han hade l&amp;#228;st om i v&amp;#229;ra geocaching loggar.&amp;#160; Vi fick en trevlig pratstund.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDD6G8gmiI/AAAAAAAAAJg/1gYkHiE9DR8/BlackHorse3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="BlackHorse" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDD-KkcNmI/AAAAAAAAAJk/m7Zv_lycHkc/BlackHorse_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We started the day feeding the swans and having our showerpump repaired.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this it was time to get started on the 29 locks in the Caen flight. It was ok, but when we only missed the last 3 locks we saw a visitormooring outside the pub &amp;quot;The Black Horse&amp;quot;. This temptation we could not resist, so we ended up having dinner at the pub.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDEEIlRW3I/AAAAAAAAAJo/t_lj4xDHgGQ/Aftenstemning3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Aftenstemning" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDEIVwTFbI/AAAAAAAAAJs/Qsn-IrI-UDU/Aftenstemning_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;While we sat at the boat and recovered after the hard work there suddenly stood a man outside the boat wavering through the window. That was Chris from The Chens som had recognized Rivendell that he had read about in our geocaching log, and we had a nice chat with him.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/17-7-2008-caen-slusstrappa-caen-flight.html' title='17-7-2008: Caen Slusstrappa / Caen Flight'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=474840605622765285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/474840605622765285'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/474840605622765285'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-7411498075940124148</id><published>2008-07-18T09:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T09:20:30.760-07:00</updated><title type='text'>16-7-2008: Semington --&gt; Foxhanger Wharf</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDB9hYv71I/AAAAAAAAAIg/msh9Kq46-R8/Lacock1.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I dag har vi tillbringat det mesta av dagen i den lilla byn &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacock" target="_blank"&gt;Lacock&lt;/a&gt;. En underbar liten p&amp;#228;rla d&amp;#228;r Harry Potter och m&amp;#229;nga andra filmer och TV-serier har spelats in. Man har tagit bort allt modernt, s&amp;#229; det finns inga elledningar eller TV-antenner som &amp;#228;r synliga fr&amp;#229;n gatan ;-) Tyv&amp;#228;rr finns det bilar p&amp;#229; gatan, men de &amp;#228;r ju l&amp;#228;tte att ta bort n&amp;#229;r det skall filmas.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDB9hYv71I/AAAAAAAAAIg/msh9Kq46-R8/Lacock1.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Lacock" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCDfPKvkI/AAAAAAAAAIk/7FrTkJ0vQ4g/Lacock_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCMQdAZXI/AAAAAAAAAIo/xNUKl5xWffg/Hogwarth8.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="160" alt="Hogwarth" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCQnPo0MI/AAAAAAAAAIs/WBvEmFdQzYs/Hogwarth_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;National Trust har en stor egendom i byn &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lacockabbeyvillage.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Lacock Abbey&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; d&amp;#228;r det gamla klostret fr&amp;#229;n 1300 talet&amp;#160; har blivit ombygt till bost&amp;#228;der redan p&amp;#229; 1500 talet. Mycket sp&amp;#228;nnande att se. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Det &amp;#228;r i detta gamla kloster och dess vakra&amp;#160; omgivningar att fler av Harry Potter filmerna har spelats in.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCWkZZCXI/AAAAAAAAAIw/u2iMaCZrZHY/Cloistries1.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Cloistries" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCbQ6L6hI/AAAAAAAAAI0/E6NoYKZvyQE/Cloistries_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCjM6yzLI/AAAAAAAAAI4/hcMG3E5oIYI/Klokke2.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 15px 15px 15px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="205" alt="Klokke" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCnfxHnXI/AAAAAAAAAI8/TWJOTNip54I/Klokke_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCubJCzjI/AAAAAAAAAJA/fiNsq2huzSc/Teagarden1.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="167" alt="Teagarden" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIDCyaCLs4I/AAAAAAAAAJE/p6dJUpidNIQ/Teagarden_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Bes&amp;#246;ket i Lacock avslutades med cream tee i en av de m&amp;#229;nga tee gardens i byn. Sen tog vi bussan tilbaka till b&amp;#229;ten. Vi &amp;#229;kte med b&amp;#229;ten ett par timmer f&amp;#246;r att vara klar till den stora slusstrappen i morgon.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today we spend most of the day in the small village &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacock" target="_blank"&gt;Lacock&lt;/a&gt;. A lovely little location where Harry Potter and many other films and TV-shows have been produced. They have removed all modernity from the front of the village, so you will see no electricity wires and no TV-antennas when you are walking in the streats ;-) Unfortunately there are plenty of cars in the streets, but they are of course easy to remove when it is time for a new film production.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The National Trust owns a big property in the village, the &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lacockabbeyvillage.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Lacock Abbey&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; from the 13th century, that was changed into a house to live in already in the 15th century. A very interesting place to visit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is in this old abbey and its beautiful surroundings that several of the Harry Potter film has been produced. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We ended our visit to Lacock having cream tee in one of the many tee gardens in the village. After this we took the bus back to the boat and cruised for a couple of hours. Just to be ready for the big flight of locks tomorrow.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/16-7-2008-semington-foxhanger-wharf.html' title='16-7-2008: Semington --&amp;gt; Foxhanger Wharf'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=7411498075940124148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7411498075940124148'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/7411498075940124148'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-6678607950642234877</id><published>2008-07-18T09:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T09:07:02.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'>15-7-2008: Dundas Aqueduct --&gt; Semington</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC-2H91QuI/AAAAAAAAAII/n0bvo5XL-fM/Blishoene3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="349" alt="B-lishoene" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC_DDN8STI/AAAAAAAAAIM/uY_mW2xu4wA/Blishoene_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC_KR1SQpI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/e1UjXC9ei_s/Skilt2.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="349" alt="Skilt" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC_UuCGwoI/AAAAAAAAAIU/vmqxlWnIgE8/Skilt_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;En lugn och avslappad tur i sol och v&amp;#228;rme. K&amp;#228;nns som om det &amp;#229;ter skall bli riktig sommer i England ;-)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi la till f&amp;#246;r natten vid en bro med branta stigningar p&amp;#229; b&amp;#229;da sidorna och tillbringade resten av dagen med att mysa, cacha, grilla och tv&amp;#228;tta av b&amp;#229;ten.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sent p&amp;#229; eftermiddagen kom ett par av v&amp;#229;ra nya Engelska cachev&amp;#228;nner f&amp;#246;rbi p&amp;#229; towpathen och vi fick en l&amp;#229;ng och trevlig pratstund.&amp;#160; Det &amp;#228;r kul att vi ibland tr&amp;#228;ffar folk som vi har pratat med innan, s&amp;#229; k&amp;#228;nner man sig liksom mer hemma.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC_dRMXiHI/AAAAAAAAAIY/VzYhhCeWiXE/Mooring2.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="272" alt="Mooring" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SIC_lnLBAaI/AAAAAAAAAIc/620qFdSeGAo/Mooring_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A quiet and relaxing trip in the warm and sunny weather.&amp;#160; It feels like it finally will be real summer weather in England.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We moored for the night with a bridge with very steep slopes on both sides, and spend the rest of the day with geocaching, cleaning the boat and having barbeque on the bank.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the late afternoon two of our new English cachefrinds passed by on the towpath and we had a long and nice chat together. It is fun that we sometimes meet people that we have met earlier on our trip(s), that makes us feel more like at home.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/15-7-2008-dundas-aqueduct-semington.html' title='15-7-2008: Dundas Aqueduct --&amp;gt; Semington'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=6678607950642234877' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6678607950642234877'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6678607950642234877'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-1010877006733744413</id><published>2008-07-15T11:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T11:21:37.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'>14-7-2008: Bath --&gt; Dundas Aquaduct</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvCvRsEYBI/AAAAAAAAAHo/PGZ2Xld3xyM/Mats%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="Mats" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvC4SQZg8I/AAAAAAAAAHs/nqK8PX4QnCc/Mats_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I dag reste Kenneth hem. Vi l&amp;#228;mnade honom i Bath, d&amp;#228;r han tog t&amp;#229;get till Gatwich Airport och derifr&amp;#229;n hem till Sverige.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sj&amp;#228;lv b&amp;#246;rjade vi l&amp;#229;ngsamt ta oss tilbaka &amp;#246;sterut mot Reading. Det var lugnt p&amp;#229; kanalen och vi nj&amp;#246;t det vakra landskapet.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvDDuFl-RI/AAAAAAAAAHw/bbHq3yOwYIY/Udsigt1%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="304" alt="Udsigt1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvDP9CiyhI/AAAAAAAAAH0/qDkMXRNSwWM/Udsigt1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvDZKpvm-I/AAAAAAAAAH4/7oiQ0P8H6rU/Udsigt2%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Udsigt2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvDikmIo8I/AAAAAAAAAH8/TPN6aVH_l44/Udsigt2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi la till f&amp;#246;r natten i bass&amp;#228;ngen vid &lt;a href="http://www.waterscape.com/in-your-area/gloucestershire/places-to-go/151/dundas-aqueduct" target="_blank"&gt;Dundas Aqueduct&lt;/a&gt; och gick en liten runda l&amp;#229;ngs den gamla &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Coal_Canal" target="_blank"&gt;Somerset Coal Canal&lt;/a&gt; innan Mats t&amp;#228;nde grillen. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHvDtk9dzeI/AAAAAAAAAIA/v9oiuTpQB98/Mooring%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Mooring" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHzqm2ujhBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/giPtLTFIRD4/Mooring_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today it was time for Kenneth to go home. We left him at the railway station at Bath Spa.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After that we slowly started to go eastwards back towards Reading. The canal was quiet and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We moored for the night in the bassin at the &lt;a href="http://www.waterscape.com/in-your-area/gloucestershire/places-to-go/151/dundas-aqueduct" target="_blank"&gt;Dundas Aqueduct&lt;/a&gt; and went for a short stroll along the old &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Coal_Canal" target="_blank"&gt;Somerset Coal Canal&lt;/a&gt; before Mats lit the barbeque.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/14-7-2008-bath-dundas-aquaduct.html' title='14-7-2008: Bath --&amp;gt; Dundas Aquaduct'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=1010877006733744413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/1010877006733744413'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/1010877006733744413'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-8980904618378002708</id><published>2008-07-13T14:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T14:03:56.357-07:00</updated><title type='text'>13-07-2008: Bath (+ Bradford on Avon)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptiqGQsgI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/T7htNZ1aI4Q/Event3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Event" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptkigiDlI/AAAAAAAAAHU/GdYCKJg6izU/Event_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi b&amp;#246;rjade dagen med att ta t&amp;#229;get fr&amp;#229;n Bath tillbaks till Bradford on Avon, d&amp;#228;r vi ville deltaga i ett geocaching event&amp;#160; - &amp;quot;Picnic in the park&amp;quot;. Det var mycket trevligt att tr&amp;#228;ffa andra likasinnade fr&amp;#229;n trakten.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptoCWAZZI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AwToYh5Yzk4/Bath3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="266" alt="Bath" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptqD3NdXI/AAAAAAAAAHc/AZ0ZtdfJ1YY/Bath_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Tillbaka i Bath blev det till en liten runda p&amp;#229; stan. En otrolig vacker stad med gamla fina hus, breda avenyer, smala gr&amp;#228;nder, fina parker och vattenmilj&amp;#246;er.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptr-AcKoI/AAAAAAAAAHg/KwiNcPJSe_k/Hesteskofallet3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Hesteskofallet" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHptuu33IuI/AAAAAAAAAHk/m_KYUkgB5oo/Hesteskofallet_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the morning we took the train from Bath back to Bradford on Avon, where we wanted to attend to a geocaching event - &amp;quot;Picnic in the park&amp;quot;. It was very nice to meet local people with the same interests as ourself.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When we came back to Bath in the afternoon, we went for a stroll in the town. A very beautiful town with lovely old houses, broad avenues, small alleys, nice parks and areas near the water.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/13-07-2008-bath-bradford-on-avon.html' title='13-07-2008: Bath (+ Bradford on Avon)'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=8980904618378002708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8980904618378002708'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8980904618378002708'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-3295969739474333642</id><published>2008-07-13T13:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T13:58:00.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>12-7-2008: Bradford on Avon --&gt; Bath</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpr3ZEuPkI/AAAAAAAAAGo/V08rAULONdo/Akvadukt3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Akvadukt" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpr44tnWOI/AAAAAAAAAGs/g3L2A9wRWpE/Akvadukt_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Denna dag gick inte helt som planerat. B&amp;#246;rjan var det inget fel p&amp;#229;&amp;#160; och vi gick genom resans finaste landskap. F&amp;#228;rden gick &amp;#246;ver ett par akvadukter, genom vackra dalg&amp;#229;ngar och mycket annat.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpr8PW671I/AAAAAAAAAGw/6jCeoeYUF9I/Bakkeskraaning3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Bakkeskraaning" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsAUm3n6I/AAAAAAAAAG0/MSf6f7GkDPY/Bakkeskraaning_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsFhBZhHI/AAAAAAAAAG4/2pmyxl7-yZ0/Hobbitbaad3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Hobbitbaad" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsJP-2QqI/AAAAAAAAAG8/eMQHwFw5LcA/Hobbitbaad_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Det l&amp;#229;g m&amp;#229;nga b&amp;#229;tar l&amp;#228;ngs kanten av kanalen. En del var mycket fina, som hobbith&amp;#229;lan ovanf&amp;#246;r, andra var mera kreativa som sj&amp;#228;lvbygget nedanf&amp;#246;r. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsOxmn2SI/AAAAAAAAAHA/htV_v-O0n7I/Byggebaat3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Byggebaat" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsR0IshUI/AAAAAAAAAHE/BlNpX4TLVcQ/Byggebaat_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Men sen blev det problem. Vi gick ner genom slussarna till floden Avon som g&amp;#229;r genom Bath (en av slussarna var 6 meter djup) och b&amp;#246;rjade ta oss in mot centrum. Men pl&amp;#246;tslig befann vi oss mitt i en drakb&amp;#229;tst&amp;#228;vling och blev bortk&amp;#246;rda - inte helt enkelt att ta sig bakl&amp;#228;nges ut genom str&amp;#246;mmen ;-) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi f&amp;#246;rs&amp;#246;kte hitta ett annat st&amp;#228;lle att l&amp;#228;gga till, men fann inget som var trevligt. S&amp;#229; till slut gick vi upp f&amp;#246;r alla slussarna igen och hittade en till&amp;#228;gsplats l&amp;#228;ngre bort fr&amp;#229;n stan. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsT5k3MGI/AAAAAAAAAHI/1pLamTh2iKE/sluss3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="sluss" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpsVs8UfQI/AAAAAAAAAHM/8bF1hVBdggk/sluss_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This day did not really follow the plans. The start was fine and we went through the most beautiful landscapes on the whole trip. We passed aquaducts, went through lovely valleys and much more.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There were many boats along the bank of the canal. Some were very charming like the hobbithole above, others were more creative like the builders boat below.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But later we got into troubles. We went down through the locks to the river Avon that passes through Bath (one of the locks was 6 meter deep) and started to go towards the center. But suddenly we found ourself in the middle of a drakeboat competition and was told to go away - not a very easy thing to do with a narrowboat in the strong currents on the river.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We tried to find another mooring place in Bath, but did not find a place we liked, so we ended up going back through all the locks again and found a nice and quiet mooring place a bit outside the city.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/12-7-2008-bradford-on-avon-bath.html' title='12-7-2008: Bradford on Avon --&amp;gt; Bath'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=3295969739474333642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/3295969739474333642'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/3295969739474333642'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-6885929416418080823</id><published>2008-07-13T13:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T13:47:47.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>11-7-2008: Seend Cleve --&gt; Bradford on Avon</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppoIICb7I/AAAAAAAAAGA/XuYWlimroR4/HavnenBradford%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="HavnenBradford" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppqVQakpI/AAAAAAAAAGE/bXiiAFXG-vI/HavnenBradford_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi la till i hamnen i Bradford on Avon i &amp;#246;sregn, men regnet slutade snart och vi kunne njuta den trevliga st&amp;#228;mningen med tehus och m&amp;#229;nga b&amp;#229;tar.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppsUnUQ3I/AAAAAAAAAGI/_yjvJFw0HH8/AftenTraengsel3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="AftenTraengsel" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppucBOGfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/VFf1Q1cUB1U/AftenTraengsel_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppwrVIwGI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/xoTwpT3Fo50/Barn5.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="Barn" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHppx2LlcTI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Ehjn_A7moGs/Barn_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="163" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I Bradford on Avon gick vi en trevlig runda och s&amp;#229; blandt annat den mycket fina &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordonavon.co.uk/tithe-barn.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Tithe Barn&lt;/a&gt; fr&amp;#229;n fjortonhundratalet.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi gick ocks&amp;#229; upp till ett litet kapel som ligger h&amp;#246;gt&amp;#160; &amp;#246;ver byn med en h&amp;#228;nf&amp;#246;rande utsikt. P&amp;#229; v&amp;#228;gen dit gick vi igenom de mest underbara gr&amp;#228;nder d&amp;#228;r folk bor i de gamla v&amp;#228;varhus som ligger ingr&amp;#228;vad i branten.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpp0KzxAOI/AAAAAAAAAGY/p0sc2GsZves/Alleys3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Alleys" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpp3LzcXZI/AAAAAAAAAGc/s-yaRRNXurU/Alleys_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpp4xoaBRI/AAAAAAAAAGg/3WtzanaIlD8/Udsigt3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Udsigt" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHpp68mUJqI/AAAAAAAAAGk/V2cVNwKH9X4/Udsigt_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We moored in Bradford on Avon while the rain was pouring down, but it soon cleared up and we could enjoy the nice surroundings with a tee house and many boats around.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Bradford on Avon we made a very nice walk and visited the beautiful&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordonavon.co.uk/tithe-barn.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tithe Barn&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;from the 14th century.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this we went to a small chapel high over the village with a lovely view. On the way to the chapel we went through the most beautiful alleys where people live in the old weaver's houses that are dug into the hillside.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/11-7-2008-seend-cleve-bradford-on-avon.html' title='11-7-2008: Seend Cleve --&amp;gt; Bradford on Avon'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=6885929416418080823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6885929416418080823'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6885929416418080823'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-4525555225244297525</id><published>2008-07-10T11:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T11:02:11.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>10-07-08: Devizes --&gt; Seend Cleeve</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOeibMRyI/AAAAAAAAAFo/cLrSDWZyQVE/CaenLocks3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="CaenLocks" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOgKwZb7I/AAAAAAAAAFs/2admEaXg0GM/CaenLocks_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I dag var det stora slussdagen - 32 slussar blev det iallt. Men alla slussarna i Ca&amp;#235;n Locks (29 styck) var mycket v&amp;#228;l underh&amp;#229;llna och l&amp;#228;tta att hantera. Vi f&amp;#246;ljdes med Crispy Duck i hela trappan vilket ocks&amp;#229; gjorde att allt gick mycket l&amp;#228;ttare. S&amp;#229; efter 4 timmar var vi vid bottenslussen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOiNemxsI/AAAAAAAAAFw/s0_ETBv9b6k/2baade3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="2baade" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOkW15vdI/AAAAAAAAAF0/Em2H1gnP4PM/2baade_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sen fortsatte vi en bit (och ytterligare 3 slussar + 2 sv&amp;#228;ngbroar) innan vi hittade en mooring vid The Barge Inn. D&amp;#228;r blev det en v&amp;#228;lf&amp;#246;rtj&amp;#228;nt fika och en stor &amp;#246;l.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOmdLGSlI/AAAAAAAAAF4/ahyLlKG6jAU/SeendCleve3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="SeendCleve" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZOoVft4PI/AAAAAAAAAF8/wH6eVIvPQe0/SeendCleve_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today was the great day of locks - 32 locks in total. But all the 29 locks in the Ca&amp;#235;n Locks staircase were very well maintained and easy to handle. We shared all the locks with Crispy Duck which also helped to make it all go easier. So after 4 hours we were at the bottomlock. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After this we continued for a while (and 3 more locks + 2 swing bridges) before we found a mooring at the Barge Inn. Then it was time for a well deserved late lunch and a X6 beer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/10-07-08-devizes-seend-cleeve.html' title='10-07-08: Devizes --&amp;gt; Seend Cleeve'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=4525555225244297525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/4525555225244297525'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/4525555225244297525'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-252907441235797444</id><published>2008-07-09T14:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T14:29:51.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>9-7-08: Devizes</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi stannade i Devizes i dag, som lovat har det nu regnat oavbrutet i ca 20 timmar. F&amp;#246;rhoppningsvis slutar det under natten s&amp;#229; vi kan komma ner f&amp;#246;r den stora slusstrappan i morgon (29 sk&amp;#246;na slussar v&amp;#228;ntar oss).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I st&amp;#228;llet blev det till ett par sp&amp;#228;nnande visiter. F&amp;#246;rst p&amp;#229; det lokala museet som har en fin samling av fornfynd fr&amp;#229;n trakterna.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtlYgbuqI/AAAAAAAAAE4/ZZCIk8kTbHg/Regnvejr%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="309" alt="Regnvejr" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtnETMg1I/AAAAAAAAAE8/_G2ZrGvVpVI/Regnvejr_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Efter lunch bes&amp;#246;kte vi Wadworth bryggeriet, d&amp;#228;r man fortfarande producerer &amp;#246;l med gammal teknik och k&amp;#246;r ut &amp;#246;len med Shireh&amp;#228;star. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtpMDghBI/AAAAAAAAAFA/2lrltzQNaxw/Shirehest%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="159" alt="Shirehest" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtq5nk6jI/AAAAAAAAAFE/xmVDH9GGVGQ/Shirehest_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Shireh&amp;#228;starna kan bli upp till 18 hands h&amp;#246;ga (det &amp;#228;r v&amp;#228;ldigt mycket ;-)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi s&amp;#229;g ocks&amp;#229; deras signwriters, som g&amp;#246;r mycket fina skyltar til pubar o.d.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtthpXb_I/AAAAAAAAAFI/YC9dQHMoC_8/SignWriter%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="269" alt="SignWriter" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtwPHwbdI/AAAAAAAAAFM/7MoZZl1X0jI/SignWriter_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Under rundvisningen och den p&amp;#229;f&amp;#246;ljande &amp;#246;lprovningen hade vi s&amp;#228;lskap med de mycket trevliga medlemmarna i &lt;a href="http://www.wrg.org.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Waterway Recovery Group&lt;/a&gt;. Det &amp;#228;r friviliga som h&amp;#229;ller p&amp;#229; med att restaurera &amp;#228;nnu o&amp;#246;ppnade kanaler i hela England, det &amp;#228;r verkligen ett arbete vi m&amp;#229;ste vara tacksama f&amp;#246;r.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtxnnRZsI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/hZGy4n0Uiyo/CanalRescue%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="226" alt="CanalRescue" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHUtzZZO96I/AAAAAAAAAFU/wbfcK_JKaiA/CanalRescue_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are still in Devizes, as promised in the weather forecast it has none been raining non stop for 20 hours. Hopefully it will clear up during the night so we can get down the big staircase tomorrow (29 broad locks are waiting for us).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In stead of cruising we had time for two interesting visits. The first visit was to the local museum who has a fine collection of prehistoric artefacts from Wiltshire.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After lunch we went to the Wadworth brewery, where they still produce ale using the old techniques and distribute the ale to the local pubs with Shire horses. The Shire horses can be up to 18 hands high (= very big!!!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We did also visit their signwriters who make very nice signs for pubs etc.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;During the guided tour through the brewery and the following bear testing we were together with the very kind members of the &lt;a href="http://www.wrg.org.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Waterway Recovery Group&lt;/a&gt;. They are volunteers who work with the restauration of the inland waterways, really some people to admire and be thankful to.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/9-7-08-devizes.html' title='9-7-08: Devizes'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=252907441235797444' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/252907441235797444'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/252907441235797444'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-5758900381581320804</id><published>2008-07-08T23:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T10:23:23.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'>08-07-08: Honey Street --&gt; Devizes</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;En kort och lugn resa med vackra vyer &amp;#246;ver de omgivande backarna. Vi gjorde ett uppeh&amp;#229;l i All Cunnings, d&amp;#228;r vi gick en cacherunda i den mysiga gamla lilla byn med m&amp;#229;nga korsvirkeshus med fina halmtak.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRZtWge9QI/AAAAAAAAAEo/3-fjGTI2aCA/AllCunnings%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="269" alt="AllCunnings" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRZvkJHBgI/AAAAAAAAAEs/bmVUdv-HIpI/AllCunnings_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I Devizes fanns det gott om plats i hamnen och h&amp;#228;r kommer vi nog att f&amp;#229; tilbringa n&amp;#228;sta dag p&amp;#229; grund av v&amp;#228;derleksprognosen - regn, regn och &amp;#229;ter regn ... &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRZyB-5BqI/AAAAAAAAAEw/cQIsNpxqSfc/Devizes%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="269" alt="Devizes" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRZ0bMgriI/AAAAAAAAAE0/FsiEO1fg5Mk/Devizes_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Short and easy trip with great views over the surrounding hilly landscapes. We made a stopover in All Cunnings, where we went caching in the beautiful little village with many timbered houses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Devizes there were a big harbour and we might have to stay here for some time. The weather forecast says rain, rain and rain ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZFdOl5bhI/AAAAAAAAAFY/zOOufIYEy3g/kyrka%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="269" alt="kyrka" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZFfP_bsiI/AAAAAAAAAFc/goLmjdm12Cw/kyrka_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The church in Devizes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZFhL8BjUI/AAAAAAAAAFg/tYqv6EMLXbM/Caumouflage%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="140" alt="Caumouflage" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHZFiefPXDI/AAAAAAAAAFk/Bgi1dutgSiw/Caumouflage_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We almost missed this boat ;-)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/10-7-08-honey-street-devizes.html' title='08-07-08: Honey Street --&amp;gt; Devizes'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=5758900381581320804' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/5758900381581320804'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/5758900381581320804'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-6948930497550871753</id><published>2008-07-08T07:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T22:57:56.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7-7-08: Great Bedwyn --&gt; Honey Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Vi tr&amp;#228;ffade ett trevligt par fr&amp;#229;n Australien som vi f&amp;#246;ljdes med i dagens 14 slussar. Det g&amp;#229;r mycket l&amp;#228;ttare n&amp;#228;r man &amp;#228;r tv&amp;#229; b&amp;#229;tar i de breda slussar.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;D&amp;#229; det blev tid f&amp;#246;r lunch hittade vi inget st&amp;#228;lle att f&amp;#246;rt&amp;#246;ja. Men som tur var h&amp;#246;ll de p&amp;#229; att reparera slussen framf&amp;#246;r oss, s&amp;#229; vi fick lov att ligga p&amp;#229; sluss v&amp;#228;ntast&amp;#228;llet en halv times tid.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHN9S6KbbnI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/SJHZC_G-FxM/Slussarbete3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="271" alt="Slussarbete" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHN9VAV3p5I/AAAAAAAAAEU/ENrHoaFM9nM/Slussarbete_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Vi &amp;#228;r nu uppe p&amp;#229; kanalens h&amp;#246;gsta punkt d&amp;#228;r vi gick genom Bruce Tunnel. Kanalen slingrar sig genom mycket vackra backiga landskap med m&amp;#229;nga minnen fra keltiska tiden. Bland annat en stor terasserad backe skapad av kelterna f&amp;#246;r deras lantbruk. Och en vit j&amp;#228;tteh&amp;#228;st (ca 80 m h&amp;#246;g) p&amp;#229; en sl&amp;#228;nt. Den var gjord p&amp;#229; b&amp;#246;rjan av 1800 talet som en kopia av den rigtiga keltiska h&amp;#228;sten som finns p&amp;#229; en annan sl&amp;#228;nt h&amp;#228;r i n&amp;#228;rheten. Folk fr&amp;#229;n byggden s&amp;#228;ger att det finns 12 likadana&amp;#160; h&amp;#228;star i&amp;#160; omr&amp;#229;de.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHN9W1vEhxI/AAAAAAAAAEY/tUaS2b7vf1o/KeltiskHest3.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="279" alt="KeltiskHest" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHN9aZSmeQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/YONTnFcdmdE/KeltiskHest_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;P&amp;#229; kv&amp;#228;llen la vi till vid the Barge Inn i Honey Street. En mysig pub med 60-tals musik i h&amp;#246;gtalarna.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We shared the locks today with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; a very nice Australian couple. It is so much easier when you are 2 boats in those broad locks.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When it was lunchtime we could not find a suitable mooring. But luckily some workers was repairing the lock in front of us, so we could have lunch at the lock pollards while we were waiting for the lock to be ready for use. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRTWjKHOtI/AAAAAAAAAEg/7K98EyfrDXA/bruce-tunnel%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="269" alt="bruce-tunnel" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/SanneMats/SHRTYgW3T4I/AAAAAAAAAEk/D6_gdSxEmYw/bruce-tunnel_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are now passing the highest point at the canal where we passed the Bruce Tunnel. The canal is&amp;#160; twisting its way through very beautiful hilly landscapes with many remainings from the celtic times. For instance a bit hill with terrasses made by the celts for their agriculture. And a white mega-horse (about 80 m tall) on a slope. This horse was made at the early 1800 as a copy of the real celtic horse than can be seen on another slope nearby. The locals told us that there are 12 of those horses in this area.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;At the end of the day we moored up at Barge Inn in Honey Street. A cosy pub with music from the sixties.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/mndag-7-7-great-bedwyn-honey-street.html' title='7-7-08: Great Bedwyn --&amp;gt; Honey Street'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=6948930497550871753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6948930497550871753'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/6948930497550871753'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986522884707280605.post-8091640644120336260</id><published>2008-07-08T07:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T07:49:39.518-07:00</updated><title type='text'>06-07-08: Kintbury -&gt; Great Bedwyn</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Detta var v&amp;#229;r f&amp;#246;rsta rigtiga regndag p&amp;#229; turen, med omv&amp;#228;xlande regn och skurar fr&amp;#229;n morgon till sen eftermiddag. P&amp;#229; n&amp;#229;got s&amp;#228;tt &amp;#228;nd&amp;#229; mysigt att st&amp;#229; i b&amp;#229;ten i det lugna regnet, men knapp s&amp;#229; mysigt att ta hand om slussarbetet n&amp;#228;r allting &amp;#228;r bl&amp;#246;t og halt. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Mitt p&amp;#229; dagen blev det en paus i den trevliga lilla byn Hungerford, d&amp;#228;r vi passada p&amp;#229; att handle f&amp;#246;rn&amp;#246;denheter f&amp;#246;r de kommande dagarna.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Our first rainy day on the trip, with rain and showers all day. In some way it felt quite nice to stand on the boat in the silent rain, but not very nice to maintain the locks when everything was wet and slippery.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;At noon we took a break in the nice little town Hungerford, were we went to the supermarket to fill up with food for the days to come.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/2008/07/sndag-06-07-kintbury-great-bedwyn.html' title='06-07-08: Kintbury -&amp;gt; Great Bedwyn'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=986522884707280605&amp;postID=8091640644120336260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lindros.se/Kanalbad/Englandstur2008/England2008.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8091640644120336260'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986522884707280605/posts/default/8091640644120336260'/><author><name>Sanne and Mats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13443828662599762136</uri><email>mats@lindros.se</email></author></entry></feed>
