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Cruising the Grand Union Canal – Day 291

C.L. Peache

Wednesday 8th May – Day 291

Another sunny day as we set off early to cruise this lovely stretch of the Grand Union and tackle 7 locks and cruise for 9 miles which is a long cruise for us but we want to tick off the miles as much as we can whilst the weather is nice in our bid to get to London.

We moor up for lunch and then I do some work on the Newark Book Festival website – the website and tickets for the events are live now if you want to have a look. It’s been fab teamwork to get it to this point.

When we arrive at a set of three locks there were loads of lockies on, so I only have to open one gate and they did all the rest ((You’re so jammy with the locks)) some of the volunteers were training ((I hope you listened so you know what to do?)) Listen I’ve probably done about 200 locks since we’ve had the boat ((And you still don’t know what you’re doing – unbelievable!)) but i will admit i listened to some of the advice re opening certain paddles in a way to keep the boat more stable in the lock.

More cruising and more locks and we get to the point we’ve had enough as it’s been a long, hot day and we’d hoped to moor up earlier but couldn’t find anywhere to moor. Finally, after cruising about another mile we moor up in the shade. We cruised past Danni and Joe’s and Robbie Cummins narrowboats who are fab channel boat YouTubers! We did see Robbie and later he walked past our boat but we decided not to bother him as I can imagine sometimes he might need some time to himself!

Cruising: 9 miles / 7 lock
London bound totals: cruising miles 133/198 Locks: 127/174 Tunnels: 6 Swing Bridge: 1

Visit the website to find out more! Newark Book Festival

Published by C.L. Peache

After living in various parts of the UK, including Wakefield, York, Derby, and the Yorkshire Dales, I now live on a Narrowboat cruising the canal network. I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, walking, kayaking, watching all forms of motorbike racing and socialising (networking). At the beginning of my writing journey, I started my blog which tracks the ups and downs of writing. ((I need to mention that my blog posts are usually visited by ‘Brackets’!)) To the books… My fantasy series, Festival of Time was completed with the publication of Book Three: Battle in November 2022 and now joins, Book Two: Rescue, and Book One: Escape. Click ‘books’ on my website to find out more and follow me on social media for updates – I love chatting with readers and authors. In 2021 I joined Saga Fiction and now have three stories published on their app; A Christmas Wish, Decisions, Decisions, and A night lost to the past. Power of Nature a thriller/mystery novel is available on eBook. Finding Love, is my latest romance/rom-com novel and is available as an eBook and paperback on Amazon. I’m part of a wonderful writing group based in Newark; The Fosseway Writers and have stories in various anthologies including; The Brinwade Chronicles, which is a collection of 28 Gothic stories by 13 writers. Burning Old School Ties, Blood, Sweat and Typewriters and our latest book, Writings on the Walls, Available on Amazon. In February 2019 I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand. During my time exploring this wonderful part of the world I kept a journal and this became 187 Kilometres, turn left – which is a guide to our 43-day bucket list adventure. Available on Amazon. In December 2018; Game of Souls I published my first horror novella. Available on Amazon. Current projects: SagaFiction: Mystery/thriller novel based in Jersey I’m very excited to start rewriting my psychological series, which will hopefully be published in 2024!

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