The Gorge - Boating

Boating

On Sunday 11 May 2003 Captain Flossie (that's Graham to you and me) kindly took me, Mike, David, Jessica and Chris for a trip along the Grand Union Canal, on his narrowboat. It's his home, so not much room for visitors, but we just squeezed in.

We went from Graham's mooring in Northolt up to the aqueduct over the A406 at Stonebridge Park. We also made a timelapse film of our trip, as we had with a drive on the A406 before.

Here are some photos of the day. The full set are unindexed here. Watch the clouds change above us from hot sun to rain...

View fullsize Graham and his home, Peer Gynt.	View fullsize Some canada geece brought their ickle fluffy goslings to see us.
View fullsize David clambers along the boat. Yes, that's my beer in the foreground.	View fullsize David and Jessica.
View fullsize Chris and Mike.	View fullsize A heron. We saw about six of these, and loads of moorhens and coots on nests.
View fullsize The view of the A406 from the aqueduct.	View fullsize David and Jessica talk to Mike next to Peer Gynt.
View fullsize Someone had made a treehouse next to the bridge.	View fullsize View of the aqueduct as we cruised away. [1]
View fullsize To steer a narrowboat, you move the big (green) lever. To make it go faster (or backwards) you move the white lever. Simple!	View fullsize View of the A406 from the other side of the aqueduct.
View fullsize Graham keeps his house on a lead while the others look at the view.	View fullsize We didn't forget David... honest!
View fullsize We saw a pillbox just by the bridge, hidden in trees.	View fullsize The pillbox location can be seen better here.
View fullsize There were some gorgeous trees along the route including this weeping willow.	View fullsize Mike, as we passed the residential boats and a mosque.

[1] "Cruised". Chortle.

Chris also took some photos, which are here. I'm working on the videos right now!

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