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2010 Route Descriptions Cruises 13 - 25
Cruise 13.
Rugby - Market Harborough .(5 nights) July 12th - 17th 47 Miles, 27 Locks.
Canals - North Oxford, Grand Union. Station - Rugby.

Leaving Rugby we will cruise to Braunston to rejoin the Grand Union canal. At Norton junction we will join the Leicester cut, ascending Watford locks, passing through Crick before descending the fascinating staircase locks at Foxton. The cruise ends in Market Harborough.

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Cruise 14.
Market Harborough - Nottingham.(6 nights)July 24th- 30th 54 Miles,43 Locks.
Canals - Grand Union, Soar Navigation, Trent. Station - Market Harborough.

Returning to Foxton, there will be time to explore before we continue our journey towards Leicester. We will cruise through the centre of Leicester towards the Soar Navigation, mooring at Birstall and Loughborough. We will join the Trent and head towards our final destination of this cruise - Nottingham.

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Cruise 15.
Nottingham - Newark . August 2nd - 9th 69 Miles, 41 Locks.
Canals - Trent, Erewash. Station- Nottingham.

We will turn in Nottingham and retrace our route to Trent Lock, where we will join the Erewash canal, the cruise will be an opportunity to visit this under used waterway before returning along the Trent through Nottingham to Newark where the cruise will end.

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Cruise 16.
Newark - Shireoaks. August 11th - 18th 68Miles, 70 Locks.
Canals - Trent, Chesterfield Station - Newark.

From Newark we will join the tidal part of the Trent at Cromwell lock, we will cruise this mighty river to West Stockwith on the beautifully rural Chesterfield canal. We will cruise that lovely waterway through Retford and Worksop, to the current end of navigation at Norwood tunnel, before descending the locks back to Shireoaks where the cruise will end.
This cruise is subject to tide times and might be amended if necessary.

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Cruise 17.
Shireoaks - Boston. August18th - 25th. 83 Miles, 29 Locks.
Canals - Chesterfield, Trent, Fossdyke & Witham navigation. Station - Worksop.

We will retrace our route to West Stockwith before rejoining the tidal Trent and cruising to Torksey where we will turn onto the Fossdyke and Witham navigation. We will pass through Saxilby and Lincoln before cruising to Boston where this cruise ends.
This cruise is subject to tide times and might be amended if necessary.

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Cruise 18.
Boston - Nottingham. August 27th - September 3rd 87 Miles, 13 Locks.
Canals - Fossdyke & Witham Navigation, Trent. Station - Boston.

We will retrace our route back to Torksey via Lincoln, before rejoining the tidal Trent. We will return to Newark and Nottingham where the cruise ends.
This cruise is subject to tide times and might be amended if necessary.

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Cruise 19.
Nottingham - Compton. September 3rd - 10th 69 Miles, 39 Locks.
Canals - Trent, Trent & Mersey, Staffs & Worcs. Station - Nottingham.

From Nottingham we will return to Trent Lock, this time cruising to join the Trent and Mersey canal at Shardlow. We will cruise the Trent and Mersey canal, passing through Willington , Burton on Trent and Alrewas, where there should be time to visit the National Arboretum. At Great Heywood Junction we will join the Staffs and Worcester canal, cruising through Penkridge, the cruise ends in Compton.

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Cruise 20.
Compton - Worcester. September 13th - 20th 50 Miles, 58 Locks.
Canals-Staffs&Worcs, Severn, Droitwich, Worcs&Birmingham.Station - Wolverhampton.

A late summer cruise on the beautiful Staffs and Worcester canal, will take us to Stourport, once a busy inland port, there we will ascend the narrow locks to join the river Severn. We hope to enter the Droitwich canals and cruise to Hanbury. There we will join the Worcester and Birmingham canal, we will turn towards Worcester where the cruise will end.

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Cruise 21.
Worcester - Brewood . September 20th - 27th 53 Miles, 80 Locks.
Canals - Worcester & Birmingham, BCN, Shroppie. Station - Worcester.

A very heavily locked canal, the Worcester and Birmingham in nevertheless always fun to explore, we will ascend Tardebigge before cruising into Birmingham, on this trip we will leave Birmingham by the Wolverhampton flight to rejoin the Staffs and Worcester canal. At Autherley Junction we will turn north onto the Shroppie, the cruise ends in Brewood.

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Cruise 22.
Brewood - Chester. September 29th -October 6th 73 Miles, 45 Locks.
Canals - Shropshire Union. Station - Stafford.

Leaving Brewood we cruise through the narrow cuttings and over mighty embankments of Telford’s Shropshire Union canal .We will cruise through Market Drayton, Audlem, Nantwich, Christleton and Chester before reaching Ellesmere Port and the fascinating Boat Museum. We hope to moor there over night to give an ample opportunity to explore, before returning to Chester where the cruise will end.

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Cruise 23.
Chester - Manchester October 6th - 13th 70 Miles, 20 Locks.
Canals - Shroppie,Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater. Station - Chester.

Leaving Chester we will return to Barbridge Junction and turn onto the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union. In Middlewich we will turn onto the Trent and Mersey canal and cruise towards Anderton, unfortunately there will be no time to experience the lift on this trip but there will be time to visit the visitor centre. At Preston Brook we join the Bridgewater canal and cruise through Lymm, to Manchester, where we will moor at Castlefield, with time to visit this wonderful city with it’s shops and museums.

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Cruise 24.
Manchester - Liverpool October 15th - 22nd 58 Miles, 14 Locks.
Canals - Bridgewater, Leeds & Liverpool Station - Manchester.

Leaving Manchester, we will cruise to Worsley, crossing the fascinating Bridgewater Swing Aqueduct. We then join the Leeds and Liverpool canal, at Wigan we will head westwards towards Burscough, we will cruise through west Lancashire and Merseyside. The cruise continues through the docklands of Liverpool to moor in this fascinating city centre.

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Cruise 25.
Liverpool - Rishton October 22nd - 29th 41 Miles, 40 Locks.
Canals - Leeds & Liverpool Station - Liverpool.

We will retrace our route towards Wigan, ascending the mighty locks at Wigan before cruising through some surprisingly rural countryside, the Leeds and Liverpool canal in all it‘s autumn glory should not be missed. The cruise and our season ends in Rishton.

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