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Approx time from Northampton to Llangollen


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I would like to do this trip from Peterborough on the Nene so a couple of days to get on the Grand Union then I can start my journey on the canal system. Does anyone have an approximate idea if all things go well and no stoppages how long do I need to allow just to get there please?

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Doubtless that route above is theoretically the quickest but I wouldn't go that way and definitely not if single handing.

 

I'd go up the North Oxford, Coventry, T&M, Middlewich branch - much more pleasant and probably not much longer time wise.   

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58 minutes ago, David Mack said:

http://Www.canalplan.eu

 

This is a trip of 227 miles, 1 furlong and 217 locks from Peterborough - Ely Railway Bridge to Llangollen Basin.

This will take 121 hours and 46 minutes which is 17 days, 2 hours and 46 minutes at 7 hours per day.

Not sure which way you are going,  Nene, GU, Oxford, Cov, T&M, Middlewich branch, SU, Llangollen, I get

 

This is a trip of 242 miles, 6½ furlongs and 163 locks from Peterborough - Ely Railway Bridge to Llangollen Basin.

This will take 110 hours and 41 minutes which is 15 days, 5 hours and 41 minutes at 7 hours per day

 

 

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1 hour ago, john6767 said:

Not sure which way you are going,  Nene, GU, Oxford, Cov, T&M, Middlewich branch, SU, Llangollen, I get

 

This is a trip of 242 miles, 6½ furlongs and 163 locks from Peterborough - Ely Railway Bridge to Llangollen Basin.

This will take 110 hours and 41 minutes which is 15 days, 5 hours and 41 minutes at 7 hours per day

 

 

 

I'd have through the easiest way was via the Cov, T&M, S&W and Shroppie. Still leaves Atherstone and Audlem but .......

 

This is a trip of 255 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 151 locks from Peterborough - Ely Railway Bridge to Llangollen Basin.

This will take 126 hours and 52 minutes which is 18 days, 52 minutes at 7 hours per day.

 

So 13 miles further but 12 locks less...

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2 hours ago, john6767 said:

Not sure which way you are going,

 

It's what you get using the default options in canalplan between the specified start and end points. It gives the OP an indication of how long the trip might take. She can then try different routes and options in canalplan to see what suits her best. A single-hander might prefer a longer route with fewer locks, whereas someone with a reasonable crew might prefer a shorter more heavily locked route. A well organised crew can fair whiz through the flights on the default route.

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19 minutes ago, David Mack said:

It's what you get using the default options in canalplan between the specified start and end points. It gives the OP an indication of how long the trip might take. She can then try different routes and options in canalplan to see what suits her best. A single-hander might prefer a longer route with fewer locks, whereas someone with a reasonable crew might prefer a shorter more heavily locked route. A well organised crew can fair whiz through the flights on the default route.

 

So that's through Brum via Knowle and Hatton.....

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It all depends how much of a hurry you're in...

Yes, if you do it in a sort of average way, ie two people in an average modern narrow boat doing about 7 hours per day, then it'll be around 17 days, the route via the north end of the GU and Brum being probably a little faster than via the T&M; more locks but less miles. But there are some variables here...

If you're single handed, or you and your crew don't like the sound of doing lots of locks, better to go via the T&M.

Brum is more urban; I like it because the industrial history you see is interesting, and you will probably meet less traffic.

If you have limited time to do the journey, make sure you have crew to help you, two of them if possible subject to space aboard, and get up for a dawn start every day. At this time of year there's a lot of daylight, you'll get a long way and that 17 days will be reduced to maybe 12  days or less; just don't expect to do anything much except boating then!

There are unlikely to be stoppages at this time of year, most of the big maintenance work gets scheduled for November to March. If something does happen it's more likely to be a boat sunk in a lock, or a tree down or some such thing, and CRT normally clear those within a day or three. You'd have to be very unlucky to get held up by something major such as an embankment breach.

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Did March to lock 13 of the Northampton arm (i.e. slightly longer at each end) in four nine hour days two years ago, so yes Peterborough to Northampton needs four normal days and two days would require moving after dark even in June.

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Well, she asked on Sunday and hasn't been back so maybe she's already set off?

 

If not, my version is: there's a few routes to choose from depending on your preference for locks versus distance and the sort of areas you like to see but, unless there's a burning reason to get there as quickly as possible (which I dont think the question inferred), allow about three weeks.  Have a nice trip! :)

 

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