This is a picture blog of the travels of Slow Pace and crew during our 2014 cruise from our mooring at
Stanstead Abbotts to the Fens.

Our route will be via the River Lee, Hertford Union Canal, Regents Canal, Grand Union Paddington Arm,
Grand Union, GU Northampton Arm, River Nene, Mid-Level Navigations, River Great Ouse and The Cam.

Here a two maps to help plot our progress:

Canal Map South East

Canal Map South East

Fens Waterways Map

Fens Waterways Map

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Cambridge

While we were moored in St Ives we took a bus into Cambridge. This used the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. It is the longest guided busway in the world and was built on former railway tracks.






This is Clare College...

....they had a superb garden!










Saturday, 5 July 2014

Bedford to St Ives

Our overnight mooring on Tuesday 1 July



Anne's hat is a nice soft landing place!


We pass Great Barford


We stop for refreshments at Eaton Socon.
Twitchell has to go in my top ten! 

We moor on Wednesday 2 July in St Neots...

...and meet up with our friends Ivan & Sandra and their boat Mr Toad






We stop to visit Huntingdon


We moor overnight on Thursday 3 July near Hemingford Abbots

There are some lovely houses in the village....


....and a nice pub!
Also a converted phone box, now used a local book exchange!




We moor on Friday 4 July in St Ives

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Huntingdon to Bedford

We returned to the boat on Sunday 29 June for the 2nd part of our cruise. Here are some pictures taken during our cruise from the Huntingdon to Bedford.



We stop and have a nice lunch here




We moor overnight on Sunday 29 June below Offord Lock

On Monday we stop to visit St Neots


We enjoyed a super meal is this riverside pub

Our overnight mooring on Monday 30 June




We go through a deep lock!

How did we get on The Nile?!?

This lock is in the middle of a park

We arrive at Bedford on Tuesday 1 July