Sunday, 29 May 2022

Wednsday 25th May 2022

 Moved down to just below the lock at the Globe. Handy for the train station.

Very quiet, not many boats about, and lots of mooring, very shallow though, and can't see the towpath coming in to moor. Grass is just ridiculously high. I guess some at CRT are cutting back in order to save money, possibly to top thier pension pots.








Below are pictures of Train Robbery Bridge

Great Train Robbery, (August 8, 1963), in British history, the armed robbery of £2,600,000 (mostly in used bank notes) from the Glasgow–London Royal Mail Train, near Bridego Bridge north of London. The 15 holdup men, wearing helmets, ski masks, and gloves, were aided by two accomplices—an anonymous insider who provided sensitive train-schedule and cargo information and another person who provided a country hideaway, Leatherslade Farm in Buckinghamshire. The ring leader was Bruce Reynolds, a known burglar and armed robber.

The robbers stopped the train by turning off a green track signal and, with batteries, turning on a red signal. The train’s fireman went to investigate and was captured, unharmed; the engineer was severely injured by a blow on the head. The robbers took about 120 mail bags by Land Rovers to their farm hideaway, where they divided the loot. Subsequently six thieves were hired to burn down the farmhouse but did such a poor job that the police found everyone’s fingerprints. With this and other evidence, 12 of the 15 robbers were caught, convicted, and sent to prison (none serving more than 13 years). One, Ronnie Biggs, escaped from prison in 1965, had his face altered by plastic surgery, and fled first to Paris, then to Australia, and finally to Brazil. In 2001 Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and was rearrested.







Monday, 23 May 2022

 Owing to certain circumstances, it's been a bit of shuffling, but now at Heath and Reach for a few days. On to Leighton Buzzard tomorrow.


A family of Mandarin ducks was a pleasant sight, not often do we see that.












Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Tuesday 10th May

 Stuck at Giffard park for a day or two, so just mooching. River ouse at Newport Pagnell.





Proud mummy and daddy on The Grand Union at Giffard.











Tuesday, 3 May 2022

Tuesday 3rd May 2022

 Moved again today, only a couple of miles. Moored on the 48hr moorings at Campbell Park. Canal getting really low on water, need some rain.








Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Wednsday 27th April 2022

 Filled with water and set off again. Turned at winding hole Giffard Park and headed back down the GU. 

Hopefully now be able to revert to the original cruise plan for this year.

















Monday 25th April 2022

Moved from Pennyland to Giffard Park. New washing machine and batteries delivered.

New 48hr mooring up and running, but sadly being abused already by Canal and River Trust. This barge has been left here for over a week evidently, half on the facilities mooring, and most of the new 48hr mooring. Landlord of pub not impressed.

A question of do as I say, not as I do eh CRT? Pathetic.








 

Saturday, 23 April 2022

Thursday 21st April 2022

 Moved on to Fenny and stopped for a couple of nights, then Saturday 23rd, moved on again. Filled with water at Fenny lock. Cruised on again to just past Pennyland.

CRT have gone absolutey mental on new signage. I suspect hundreds of thousands of £££££ wasted on unecessary branding placards. Yet the towpath is collapsing in many places with water pissing out of the canal. CRT really are a waste of space and seriously need to be replaced, preferably being put back into government control.


Useless organisation.







September 2025

 Minehead, Taunton and Falmouth