Tag Archives: Grand Union Canal

May

29

2012

Share the Space, Drop the Pace

After abandoning ”The Two Ting’s” Campaign, and removing the Tow-path Cycling Permit, British Waterways, (Canal and Rivers Trust) in partnership with TfL, have had a cunning idea to make cycling and walking on the London Cycle paths to coexist in a more peaceful manor. Given that the canal towpaths round most of the route they are talking about do not meet the minimum standards [...]

posted in Battlebridge Basin, Boating, Camden, Canals, Cycling, Grand Union Canal, Greenway, Kingsland Basin, London, Regents Canal, Stratford, Task 8 - Walk the Themes, from Source to Port of London, Transport, Walking | tagged with Battlebridge Basin, Boating, Camden, Canals, Cycling, Grand Union Canal, Greenway, Kingsland Basin, London, Regents Canal, Stratford, Task 8 - Walk the Themes, from Source to Port of London, Transport, Walking | No Comments

Nov

07

2011

Still Looking for Boats

On Friday, Mum and I went up north for a day trip (Audiobooks ); to do more boat research; On the way north, I showed her a little Shopping Village, by the name of Heart of the Shires, we spent a bit of time wondering around looking at the cookware and ilk (mostly for Dave [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Task 49 - Dye my hair a non natural colour | tagged with ANBN, Boating, Canalboatsales, Crick Marina, Grand Union Canal, Heart of the Shires, Narrowboats, nbMithril, nbTunnelVision, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Task 49 - Dye my hair a non natural colour, Video, Whilton Marina | No Comments

Sep

22

2011

More boat hunting

On Saturday before Fiona’s house warming party; I went for a trundle up north to look for Crick Marina‘s Canal Boat Sales nbAnnieD While looking for Crick Marina I came across ANBN Narrow Boat Brokerage; One of the Boats they have on offer was nbAnnieD, while she is a little outside my price range (she was the lowest [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | tagged with ANBN, Boating, Canalboatsales, Crick Marina, Grand Union Canal, Harefield Marina, Narrowboats, nbAnnieD, nbMithril, nbMrMayor, nbNewtonmere, nbSmilingPlum, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | No Comments

Sep

11

2011

Boat Hunting at Whilton Marina

Yesterday I went up to Whilton Marina to look at the boats they have up there; while looking around came across one I thought had an amusing name based on where I work: nbSu-paFusion. While there I had a look on 5 boats; Here are the 5 boats I looked at with my thoughts; nbKiaOra nbKiaOra had [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | tagged with Boating, Grand Union Canal, Narrowboats, nbArwyn, nbCo-Operation, nbKiaOra, nbMylindi, nbWindsor, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Whilton Marina | Comments (2)

Jul

16

2011

Still on for afloat

A while ago I cycled up the toe path to Thrupp and met up with Maffi for a pint to talk about getting afloat; other things which are of use are that Amy, of nbLuckyDuck has been answering questions to her FormSpring account in a serious of Any Questions posts, Peggy of Narrowboat Wife is also [...]

posted in Boating | tagged with Boating, Canal Towpaths, Cycling, email, Grand Union Canal, Oxford Canal, Thrupp, Whilton Marina | Comments (1)

Jun

09

2011

Another Map of London Canals

Another map of the Canals in and around London, this one comes from British Waterways, via WaterScape.

posted in Boating, Canals, Cartography, London Underground, Narrowboats, Regents Canal, River Thames | tagged with Boating, Canals, Cartography, Docklands, Grand Union Canal, London, London Underground, Map, Narrowboats, Regents Canal, River Lee, River Thames, Rivers, Thames, Transport | No Comments

Jun

04

2011

Looking for Lee Rourke’s The Canal

A while ago I read Lee Rouke’s “The Canal” as part of Task 16; yesterday Loupie and I went for a walk to look see if we could find where the bench in the book was; well this is my best guess: It is here on the map: map Also while out Loupie and I [...]

posted in Boating, Books, Canals, Grand Union Canal, Greenway, London, Regents Canal, Task 16 - 100+ Reading Challenge, Walking | tagged with 100+ Challenge, Boating, Books, Canals, Grand Union Canal, Greenway, Lee Rourke, London, Regents Canal, Task 16 - 100+ Reading Challenge, The Canal, The Sandwich Barge, Walking | Comments (1)

Jun

04

2011

Wendover Arm Trust's Boxmoor Canal Festival

Last Weekend; after the Greenbelt Stewards Re-Union Loupie and I were hoping to go on the trip up to have a look at Crick Boat Show on the monday; however With Crick being a long way north; and the car not having a lot of fuel; we decided to go to The Boxmoor Canal Festival, [...]

posted in Boating, Grand Union Canal, Narrowboats | tagged with Boating, Boxmoor, Canals, Festival, Grand Union Canal, Narrowboats, Tring, Wendover, Wendover Arm | No Comments