{"id":1682,"date":"2018-06-12T17:34:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2018-06-18T20:07:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:07:59","slug":"just-the-two-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=1682","title":{"rendered":"Just The Two Of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was somewhat sad waking up and mum not being on board, we’re still reminded of her presence with her towel and hat ( not forgetting our daily ration of chocolate cake too!)<\/p>\n

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mum’s leftovers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A later than usual cast off at 9am,\u00a0 it was quite chilly and very quiet with only a handful of boats on the move all day.\u00a0 It was a lock free day and in the countryside, it felt like we had the canal to ourselves.<\/p>\n

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A view that’s not changed much in the last 100 of so years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shrewley Tunnel and Toby in the dark (he’s always saying he’s in the dark!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our first water stop, and then the sharp left turn on to The Stratford Canal.\u00a0 Toby is trying to get me to steer a bit more on the awkward bits, so I had the pleasure,\u00a0 and would you believe, no boats for ages, and then two boats coming out of the same junction!\u00a0 We moored up at 11.30am…….yes, you read that correctly!<\/p>\n

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Toby repairing the kitchen window and the glued lock that fell off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We walked the mile or so to Baddesley Clinton, a National trust property,\u00a0 it’s got a number of hidden rooms for Catholic Priests who were hunted in the 1590’s.\u00a0 We liked the moat around the house and the kitchen garden.<\/p>\n

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Baddesley Clinton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re well in to our ship’s routine, and it feels like we’ve been on Oliver for longer than four days.\u00a0 Thoughts turn to ‘is the lock set’ or ‘where are we\u00a0 going to moor’ and of course ‘when is it tea and cake time!\u00a0 Narrowboating is\u00a0 good for the soul.<\/p>\n

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