The canals are pretty old, constructed over 200 years ago so safe to say that the people using horse drawn barges back in the day weren鈥檛 using I phones and gos or google maps. In fact I doubt they carried maps at all. But there were ways for them to know how far they鈥檇 travelled and how far to the next destination.
I鈥檝e passed them numerous times and despite the fact that I do have access to google maps and a canal map app, I still like to see them as it brings a grounded reality to my progress. Our destination is indeed Leicester and we happened to moor up right next to one yesterday.
Now in a car this is nothing. 30 mins easy. But in a snails pace narrowboat this will take days! But that is the charm of narrowboating, there鈥檚 no rush. You have to take your time, you have no choice so the pleasure is in the here and now.
As we have a wedding to attend near Foxton locks and we are getting close to there with days to spare, we only cruised for about four hours today. As luck would have it our chosen mooring spot also had a mile marker.
So 4 hours cruising 11 miles covered 馃槀. But taking in beautiful countryside at a slow pace for 4 hours is what it鈥檚 all about.
