The Hares & the Tortoise

After emerging from the gloom of the tunnels we needed to put our sunglasses on while our eyes adjusted to the bright sunshine. Later that morning we passed under the A14, a busy road that we frequently travel along when we go to visit the Midlands Branch, and we always look out for the canal when in the Bearmobile. We love it when our our travel experience is the other way round and we are in the fresh air, sedately chugging and completely relaxed. We don't envy the people rushing along on their tin cans and wouldn't swap for anything. 3 m.p.h. is infinitely preferably to us and we could get very used to this pace of life.

We tried to capture the lorries thundering along on our photo of us passing under the A14 but strangely enough there aren't any in our picture.


We had a similar problem when we passed under the main railway line. A train crossed just after we'd taken our photo.

Another set of travellers we didn't envy were the visitors to Watford Gap services on the M1. We don't suppose many of the travellers who pull in to these services realise that the Grand Union canal passes right beside the parking area. We like the section in one of the canal guides which said that if you were running low on supplies and needed refreshment a visit to the services could be considered, but you'd need to be desperate. Fortunately we weren't!

Lots of love, the crew of Erik xxx