Stats for 2014

These figures are only approximate as I omitted to keep a running total at the time.  So I’ve just done a quick spreadsheet based on the Captain's Log, the paper record of our trips which is often written in haste (apart from the engine hours which Dave looks after).  It’s strange though that the number of locks is so high when we seemed to be travelling so many long lock-free stretches this year.  I suspect the Stratford canal may have had something to do with that.

Miles travelled	564
Engine hours	368
Locks	572
Moveable bridges	28
Days on board	98

July; sunny day on new waters.

Waterways cruised

Kennet and Avon canal

River Thames (Reading to Brentford)*

Grand Union canal (part*), including Paddington*, Wendover* and Aylesbury* arms

Hertford Union canal*

River Lea navigation*

Stratford-on-Avon canal

Worcester and Birmingham canal

Birmingham Main Line including Soho* and Icknield Port* loops

Birmingham and Fazeley canal

Coventry canal

North and South Oxford canal

* for the first time

Places visited
Devizes, Newbury, Reading, Kingston, Paddington, Hertford, Aylesbury, Stratford-on-Avon, Birmingham, Fazeley, Rugby

Marinas stayed at
Caen Hill, Froud’s Bridge, Packet Boat, Heyford Fields (blacking only), Calcutt.