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> In a message dated 02/04/2008 11:35:29 GMT Daylight Time,
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> The Ashby has a tunnel at the far end that is quite low and a bit bent
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> Hmm, describes some of the boaters who use it as well! ;-)
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> 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.
And probably the deepest part which makes progress easier. The counters
are still there but look a bit delapitated.
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> 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.
Still there
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> 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!
We visited there a few years back
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