The next stage . . .

The last few days have been spent tidying up a few loose ends at home, and giving the lawns a mow before setting off on a longer pilgrimage on Chyandour.

Later on today I plan to drive David & Joan's car down to Broadmoor Lock on the Oxford Canal, just north of Cropredy, where they have moored for the night at the end of their summer cruise.

After swapping over at the boat, I shall go onto Cropredy to wind before starting on a trip which should take me up through Leicester on the River Soar and onto the River Trent, before turning West to join the Trent & Mersey Canal and making my way back home by 16 July. The map above will give you some idea of the route, moving anti-clockwise from bottom right to middle left.

There are a couple of other events that have to be squeezed into this time, but more of those anon.