Linslade, Grand Union Canal – Saturday 12 May 2012
After mooring up last night I went off for an hour walk to exercise the legs and also to find out where the station is.  When I got back a boat was just mooring behind me (“Jasmine” built by Nantwich Narrowboats) chatting to the owner she had almost bought a Braidbar and will be going along the Peak forest canal.  We were comparing ‘air-draft’ (the height of the roof of a boat above water level) as some bridges can be a bit close!  It looked the same height as “Ice Breaker” so hopefully “Jasmine” will be ok.  She has two dogs on board one a Collie/Alsatian cross and the other similar to a collie but ginger with a lovely personality, when she is called back from wandering off she is straight back onto the boat with a ‘look’ to say “why do you call for me? I’ve been here all the time”!  I’m not cruising at weekends unless I get visitors so I had a late morning (up at 9am) and headed into Milton Keynes to get some wrist and ankle weights to improve my fitness when walking.  I also got a decent pair of non-slip safety boots for use on the boat so should be fine if anything heavy drops on my foot.  The train journey time Linslade to Milton Keynes is less than 15 minutes, or 2 days by boat.  The weather has been lovely and sunny but there are not that many boats out on the cut.