Using the excellent CanalPlan program it has been predicted that the trip will take us 16 days.
However this program is desinged in mind for narrowboats and barges that are pretty slow and have to wait for every lock and swing bridge on the route. With a kayak the journey could be done in a lot less time since we can carry the boats around these obstacles, but for the moment we shall be allowing 16 days to do this. This means that 15 overnights stops will need to be made.
So this trip will involve some camping!!! This will be done either at the canalside or riverside and with luck we could stay at the the odd boatyard and marina.
To let you know this is a rough guide for you where it's likely that we'll have to stop for the night. I have exact spots but they'll just get confusing for you.
This show where we could stop after each day:
Day 1: Stop at York and camp on the outskirts
Day 2: A small town called Beal on the River Aire
Day 3: Thorne (a sleepless night cos it's next to the M18 motorway)
Day 4: Either at Walkerith or Gainsborough on the River Trent
Day 5: Newark-on-Trent
Day 6: Nottingham (hopefully find a quiet spot to stay for the night)
Day 7: Barrow upon Soar or Sileby
Day 8: Just south of Leicester or further along at Wigston
Day 9: Foxton locks Country Park ( just before the huge collection of Foxton Locks Staircase)
Day 10: the small town of Crick or Welton Station Bridge, which is at the other end of the Crick tunnel
Day 11: at the south end of Blisworth Tunnel, next to the British Waterways Museum
Day 12: a few miles south of Milton Keynes or a bit further down at Leighton Buzzard.
Day 13: Either at Marsworth or just outside of Berkhamsted
Day 14: at Hemel Hempstead or at Hunton Bridge
Day 15: at Harefield or at Cowley Peachey Junction
Day 16: the Tower Bridge!!!
Well there's a rough guide for you. Like I mentioned before, it's highly likely that we'll reach London in less than 16 days but this is just a backup in case it does take longer.
The finish line is when we pass under the Tower Bridge ( thats the reason for the pic)
So if one day you're just passing over the Tower bridge and you see 2 small boats with some very happy teenagers in, you'll know who!!!!
You can find the CanalPlan program at http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/canal.cgi?m=js;
So if you want to create your own little trip with it, try it, it's a good toy!
That's all for now. Got some more planning to do, oh and I need to find a job!!!
Kev
However this program is desinged in mind for narrowboats and barges that are pretty slow and have to wait for every lock and swing bridge on the route. With a kayak the journey could be done in a lot less time since we can carry the boats around these obstacles, but for the moment we shall be allowing 16 days to do this. This means that 15 overnights stops will need to be made.
So this trip will involve some camping!!! This will be done either at the canalside or riverside and with luck we could stay at the the odd boatyard and marina.
To let you know this is a rough guide for you where it's likely that we'll have to stop for the night. I have exact spots but they'll just get confusing for you.
This show where we could stop after each day:
Day 1: Stop at York and camp on the outskirts
Day 2: A small town called Beal on the River Aire
Day 3: Thorne (a sleepless night cos it's next to the M18 motorway)
Day 4: Either at Walkerith or Gainsborough on the River Trent
Day 5: Newark-on-Trent
Day 6: Nottingham (hopefully find a quiet spot to stay for the night)
Day 7: Barrow upon Soar or Sileby
Day 8: Just south of Leicester or further along at Wigston
Day 9: Foxton locks Country Park ( just before the huge collection of Foxton Locks Staircase)
Day 10: the small town of Crick or Welton Station Bridge, which is at the other end of the Crick tunnel
Day 11: at the south end of Blisworth Tunnel, next to the British Waterways Museum
Day 12: a few miles south of Milton Keynes or a bit further down at Leighton Buzzard.
Day 13: Either at Marsworth or just outside of Berkhamsted
Day 14: at Hemel Hempstead or at Hunton Bridge
Day 15: at Harefield or at Cowley Peachey Junction
Day 16: the Tower Bridge!!!
Well there's a rough guide for you. Like I mentioned before, it's highly likely that we'll reach London in less than 16 days but this is just a backup in case it does take longer.
The finish line is when we pass under the Tower Bridge ( thats the reason for the pic)
So if one day you're just passing over the Tower bridge and you see 2 small boats with some very happy teenagers in, you'll know who!!!!
You can find the CanalPlan program at http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/canal.cgi?m=js;
So if you want to create your own little trip with it, try it, it's a good toy!
That's all for now. Got some more planning to do, oh and I need to find a job!!!
Kev
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