On 8 Sep 2009, at 22:40, Martin Phillips wrote: <snip>
> Hadn't spotted that there is a station at Avoncliffe, > will have to check arrangements for stopping trains. Just hold out your arm, like you would at the bus stop. But note that not all the trains that stop at BoA will stop at Avoncliff. > Will then be moving > to Bath the following weekend, or just possibly straight through to > Bristol (must check tides on the Avon below Hanham). I'd like at > least a > week in Bristol before catching the tide up to Sharpness Parking a boat in Bristol Harbour is not a cheap hobby - see the Council's web site: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/transport-and-streets/marine- and-waterway-services/ ...and follow the link for a .pdf of the mooring charges. > The locks so far to Newbury have been a weird and wonderful > assortment. > Aside from some bits of Reading and Thatcham, the canal is very pretty > and interesting. Some locks seem positively dangerous (Towney comes to > mind), a few have had paddles out of operation, the granny gear is a > PITA. The eastern end is in desperate need of some selective > vegetation > clearance, if only to enable a few more moorings. The vegetation gets more pervasive on the long pound. Did you see 'The African Queen'? But you'll enjoy yourselves. Baz
