In a message dated 02/04/2008 11:35:29 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Ashby has a tunnel at the far end that is quite low and a bit bent Hmm, describes some of the boaters who use it as well! ;-) Apparently BW have a couple of boat-counting devices and they have discovered that 50% of boats turn just after Shackerstone (don't forget the Battlefield Railway!), but I think the last few miles are probably the prettiest. When I did the trip a year or do back, there was a small shop at the end of the navigation run by the Ashby Canal society who are working on restoring the rest of the route. If you leave your details (name, address, boat) there, the society send you a certificate to prove you got there. And there's the battlefield of Bosworth Field. It took us about 4 hours to walk the site, go in the museum, have a cup of tea, buy souvenirs, etc - about 1½ hours longer than the battle itself! DaveD I raise money for charity just by searching the web! www.everyclick.com is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity, please support them too! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
