Wednesday 9 October 2019

Autumn Cruise: Stats


Here are some stats for our trip.

290 miles and 303 locks, of which 138 were narrow locks and 165 were wide.  67 of the miles were on rivers, the rest on canals.

CanalPlan says we could have done the trip in 22 days, but it took us 29.

We travelled on the following waterways:
  • Grand Union Mainline
  • North Oxford Canal
  • Stratford Canal
  • River Avon
  • River Severn
  • Worcs and Birmingham Canal
  • Droitwich Junction and Barge Canals
  • Staffs and Worcs Canal
  • BCN -- Old and New Mainlines, Gower Branch

We went through the following counties:
  • Northamptonshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Worcestershire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Staffordshire
  • West Midlands
  • Buckinghamshire

We went through lots of tunnels:
  • Blisworth (twice)
  • Braunston (twice)
  • Shrewley (twice)
  • Dunhampstead
  • Cookley
  • Dunsley
  • Wolverhampton
  • Coseley
  • Summit
  • Edgbaston
  • Brandwood
Just over seven miles of the trip was underground.

1 comment:

Kath said...

Impressive!
Kath (nb Herbie)