Jam 'Ole photos. Following the meandering Grand Union canal

Saturday, 25 October 2008 16:53

It was cold last night! However once we opened the bedroom door the warmth from the Morso fire soon penetrated the rest of the boat!

I was wrong about the last of the Jam 'Ole boats yesterday as Warbler   (photo taken on out trip early in morning) passed us at around 10.00 am. Click on the cameras to see photos of Bletchworth Hesperus Corona Towcester and Swallow on their return runs yesterday!

The sun was shining but by the time we got on the move it was hidden behind grey clouds and a blustery wind was now in evidence!

After Bridge 110 at Great Linslade, the canal begins to meander like a contour canal!


We speculated why it was so wide and river like in this section, originally the Grand Junction Canal from Braunston to Brentford.

Maybe their was a surfeit of labour in the area and so William Jessop, Engineer, indulged himself in mirroring the River Ouzel that created the valley and runs close to the canal. He certainly could not have been worrying about money at this point.

Bridge 111, the attendent railway and Globe pub are in the area that The Great Train Robbery took place in 1963. Ledburn itself is not far from Grove Church lock.



We stopped to "we shop we pick" at a certain store that is canalside at Leighton Buzzard (Br 114). I was amused (?) to see that boaters were supposed to do their shopping in 2 hours, according to the mooring notices,  and cars shoppers were allowed 3 hours! Do we eat less?

By now the combination of wind and rain was making cruising a little unpleasant so we moored just before the next lock - Church lock, in the tiny hamlet of Grove.

Even the fishermen who were dotted along the bank gave up and went home soon after we moored. The best place to be is at home, on our boat, in front of a warm fire with a cup of tea and a piece of cake! Bliss!

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