Took an early morning walk around Great Linford, a lovely village at the north east of Milton Keynes. There’s an 18th century manor, a 14th century church, parkland and ponds, and an attractive arts centre and thatched pub. When I came this way before, I was in such a hurry to get the boat down to London I didn’t stop to walk around and find out what the places were like. Boating and hurrying don’t go together.
Left Great Linford, drove swiftly through rather depressing Wolverton and on to Cosgove which has just one lock and the charmingly ornamental Soloman’s bridge.
There weren’t many boats out and about and I had to traverse the flight of five locks to Stoke Bruerne alone. It was getting cold, I was getting weary and it was a relief to moor up and visit the Boat Inn for dinner.
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