Meandering round Milton Keynes

Today we continued on our way around Milton Keynes. Anyone looking at the course of the canal could think that it had been routed round modern day Milton Keynes, but the city didn't exist when the canal was built. The canal takes its rather lengthy course from Wolverton to Fenny Stratford not in order to avoid the modern day housing but following the contour line and saving the work and expense of building locks, embankments or digging cuttings.

We said our farewells to Nigel and his family on Iceni, we've been mooring near them for the past three weeks and they moved when we did. They have sold the boat and are moving to Ireland. They gave us their 12v TV which was handy as we have been without TV since leaving Hertfordshire as our remote control is broken and there is no way of re-tuning the TV without it.

The day started brightly but very windy, as the day progressed it became cloudy and we decided to moor near Stantonbury for the night. We are trying to time our arrival at Braunston for the end of the month so we can afford to have our fridge/freezer fixed.

Today's journey 6.4 miles, 1 lock and 1 swing bridge

This year we have travelled 105.6 miles, 131 locks and 5 swing bridges

In 2012 we travelled 876.9 miles, 675 locks,  55 swing bridges, 23 lift bridges and 31 tunnels

In 2011 we travelled 461.4 miles, 444 locks, 3 swing bridges, 34 lift bridges and 15 tunnels

During 2010 we travelled 740.3 miles, 642 locks, 53 swing bridges, 4 lift bridges and 25 tunnels

Since Ray retired we have travelled 2184.2 miles, 1891 locks, 116 swing bridges, 61 lift bridges and 71 tunnels