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Stoke Bruerne to Fenny Stratford (17 miles, 1 lock)

Arriving on the outskirts of Cosgrove, we moored for just one night ready to be directed to our official festival mooring the next day.


One day a heron wandered by....

The village has a couple of pubs and a shop on the large campsite next door, which annoyingly has a pool (patrons of the campsite only!).  All weekend we could hear people playing in the pool whilst we sweltered on the canal side - but we enjoyed the sunshine, don't get me wrong!


Extravagantly ornate bridge in Cosgrove



View from the unrestored Buckingham Arm - the reason the festival takes place each year

The festival is run each year, to raise funds for the continuing restoration of the Buckingham Arm, which used to take the canal to Buckingham around 10 miles and 2 locks away.  It was deamed unviable in the 1950s and was closed to traffic.



Lister and I check out some of the details surrounding the restoration at the side of the lock



The old canal under all that vegetation, but at least it is still there and not a housing estate!

We moored next to the Cheese Boat again The Cheese Boat and stocked up a bit before the weekend ended. Yummy cheese and chutneys - beautiful!


A present from Joy - watercolour artist I met during the Stoke Bruerne Gala

During our stay at Cosgrove, we had a visit from Joy Thomas and her husband, who run  A Cut Above , with a present for me for my butty!  I love it!  She is extremely talented and is hoping to take her painting to new levels in the future.  We thought her work would be great for children's story books.  Click on the above link and see what you think.


Richard and Lister below the aquaduct at Cosgrove

After a baking weekend, we decided to go for a walk by the river below the Grand Union aquaduct.


Lister is so reluctant with water, but Richard cooled him down with a gentle paddle in the river!



History signs dotted about telling the story of the building of the aquaduct and the canal usage

So today, we drifted through Milton Keynes and are moored at Fenny Stratford for the rest of the day.  Richard has visited the timber yard and is outside widening the rudder on the butty so I don't struggle to steer it!


So we will see you babies on the way back in a couple of weeks time, hopefully still 5 and even bigger!

1 comment:

  1. Ah Solomon's Bridge at Cosgrove............features in my blog too :))

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