Easter 2005: Worcester to Birmingham with Viking Afloat, including the Tardebigge flight of locks (30 of them, plus six soon after!).  Nana, David, Ricky, Adie, Peter.

Easter 2006: the Llangollen and Shopshire Union canals, again with Viking Afloat.  Nana, David, Ricky, Peter, Adie.

Easter 2007: Grand Union Canal from Gayton to Napton locks, this time with Alvechurch.  Nana, David, Peter, Adie, Ricky, Niki, Paul, Finette.

April 2008 - Oxford Canal from Heyford to Cropredy and beyond, with Oxfordshire Narrowboats - David, Niki, Paul, Finette, Peter, Ricky, Adie.

Ricky demonstrating how to "do" a lock paddle.

Inside the boat (the galley/dining place).

April 2009 - Grand Union Canal, including the Leicester arm, with Kate Boats.  Adie, Peter, Rick, David, Nana, Martin.

Waiting to go into the Watford staircase locks.

This is the staircase....

Our boat, "Peter Michael".

Most of the week we had fair weather, but on the last day we ran out of luck.  Adie had to drive back to the boatyard in teeming rain.

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