T Minus 1 - This is it!
Hi All
As the title suggests - this is it! At 2.30AM tomorrow morning we'll begin our drive from Leicester to London where we will set sail from Chiswick Bridge at 5.00AM and attempt to paddle all the way up to Sheffield; thats a distance of about 300 miles in (hopefully) no more than 11 days.
As promised here are the details of our route(s).
Plan A
Day 1 - Chiswick Bridge to Aspley - Travelling through Rickmansworth and Watford
Day 2 - Aspley to Woolstone Bridge - Travelling through Hemel Hempstead and Milton Keynes
Day 3 - Woolstone Bridge to Billing Aquadrome - This will see us turning off the Grand Union and onto the River Nene, will also be taking us through Blisworth Tunnel which is 1.8 miles long! Day 4 - Billing to Oundle Bridge - Travelling through Wellingborough
Day 5 - Oundle Bridge to Dog in a Doublet - Travelling through Peterborough. Dog in a Doublet is where the River Nene turns into a tidal river
Day 6 - Dog in a Doublet to Crabs Hole (So many puns with this one!) - Travelling through Wisbeach. Crabs Hole is the start of The Wash
Day 7 - Crabs Hole to Boston - Across The Wash and also around RAF Holbeach which is an RAF bombing range! Boston is just the other side of The Wash on the River Witham
Day 8 - Boston to Washingborough - Travelling through miles and miles of nothing.
Day 9 - Washingborough to West Stockwith - Travelling through Lincoln, turning onto the River Trent and through Gainsborough. Lincoln will see us pass under the famous 'Glory Hole' bridge. The River Trent is tidal.
Day 10 - West Stockwith to Barney Dun - Travelling past Scunthorpe and onto the South Yorkshire Navigation
Day 11 - Barney Dun to Sheffield Basin - Travelling through Doncaster and Rotherham.
Now if we get bad weather and decide against going over The Wash our route will be........
Day 1 - Chiswick Bridge to Aspley - Travelling through Rickmansworth and Watford
Day 2 - Aspley to Woolstone Bridge - Travelling through Hemel Hempstead and Milton Keynes
Day 3 - Woolstone Bridge to Whilton - again will take us through Blisworth Tunnel but will stay on the Grand Union Canal as opposed to turning onto the River Nene
Day 4 - Whilton to Newton Harcourt - Travelling through Crick Tunnel, Husbands Bosworth Tunnel and Saddington Tunnel and down Foxton Locks. Will also pass by Market Harborough
Day 5 - Newton Harcourt to Kegworth - Travelling through Leicester (behind the football stadium), Loughborough and also past Pillings Lock which is the big waterfall type lock you can see from the train just south of Loughborough station.
Day 6 - Kegworth to Fiskerton - Turning onto River Trent at Trent Junction and travelling through Nottingham.
Day 7 - Fiskerton to Marton Drain - Travelling through Newark
Day 8 - Marton Drain to Mauds Swing Bridge - Travelling through Gainsborough and turning onto the South Yorkshire Navigation
Day 9 Mauds Swing Bridge to Sheffield Basin - Through Doncaster and Rotherham
Whilst the routes are as above the start/end of day points could alter dependent on if we get ahead or behind. Both Katie and Cath will be updating this website with details of our progress.
With that we'll be off, thanks so much for all the support and sponsoership to date, we're sure we'll smash through the £2000 barrier which is amazing! It'd be great to see as many of you as possible at the finish line when we get back into Sheffield and we'll apologise in advance if we don't smell too fresh!
Thanks
Adam & Dave
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