Kilby Bridge

We started out fairly late this morning under grey skies, the weather was fairly mild, but it was very gloomy..

I've never thought of Leicestershire as being particularly hilly but the are a lot of locks between Leicester and Market Harborough. At least we have now escaped from the urban sprawl of Leicester.

Yet again we only saw one other boat on the move today. It is surprising how many people use the towpath around suburban Leicester. There was just one boat on the 48 hour moorings at Kilby Bridge. We stopped for the services there but moved on about half a mile to get away from the road, our cats don't have a lot of road sense so we play safe. For an autumn/winter day we made good progress today.


Today's journey 4.5 miles and 8 locks

So far this year we have travelled 786.7 miles, 623 locks,  50 swing bridges, 23 lift bridges and 27 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 1988.4 miles, 1709 locks, 106 swing bridges, 61 lift bridges and 67 tunnels