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September 2010
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Heading up the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, then along the Grand Union to Braunston. From there back down the Oxford Canal.
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Working our way up the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal - back to narrow locks after the wider ones on the River Avon.
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The bridges can be pretty narrow too, and like this one often still retain the gap between the two halves for the tow rope to drop through. A relic from the days of
horse-drawn boats.
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The Edstone Aquaduct - complete with train passing under it just after we'd gone over it.
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The skipper exiting a lock and crossing another aquaduct. Okay, so it's not a very long aquaduct - in fact it's shorter than the boat!
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One of the unusual 'drum-roofed' lock cottages on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
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An artistic shot taken by the crew on a lovely September day.
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A nice rural spot on the Grand Union near Wigram's Turn.
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A view of the boat from the climb up Napton Hill.
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Napton Windmill, now a private residence but still a prominent landmark on the Oxford Canal.
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