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Cancer Research U.K. Walk 2004.
Napton to
Warwick - 14.5 miles.
This walk was
originally to take place in September 2003. However, as many of the regular
walkers were unable to take part on that date it was decided to reschedule
it to Saturday, 24th April 2004, and, in view of the beautiful weather
the 30 plus walkers enjoyed, it was an excellent decision.
As in recent
years it was again to be a two canal walk, starting from Napton, near
Southam, located to the east of Leamington Spa.
The walk started from the Bridge Inn at Napton and went along the
Oxford Canal until
the Grand Union Canal was reached. The route then followed the
Grand Union Canal to the outskirts of Warwick. Here, after crossing the aqueduct over the
River Avon, the walk continued alongside the River Avon and through St Nicholas's Park before acending the hill into Warwick. Here refreshments were enjoyed at the Warwickshire
County Council Staff Club, which, as in previous years, had agreed to
open its doors early for the benefit of walkers and the charity.
Details
of the route, distances and anticipated times, which proved to be surprisingly
accurate are given below.
| Various
points on Walk. |
Estimated walk times starting at 10 a.m. |
Time between "points"
in hrs:min. |
Distances between points |
Total miles walked at "points". |
| Napton – Bridge Inn |
10:00 |
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| Grand Union Canal |
10:20 |
0:20 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Calcutt Locks - Top Lock.
No.1 |
10:30 |
0:10 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
| The Boat Inn |
11:20 |
0:50 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
| the Blue Lias Inn |
11:35 |
0:15 |
0.8 |
3.9 |
| The Two Boats Inn - Stop for 30 minute. |
11:50 |
0:15 |
0.7 |
4.6 |
| Bascote Top Lock - Lock Nos.
14 & 15 |
12:55 |
1:05 |
2.1 |
6.7 |
| Radford Lock/Bridge- Stop
for 15 minutes |
14:00 |
1:04 |
3.4 |
10.1 |
| Clemens Street - Bridge No.40 |
15:00 |
1:00 |
1.5 |
11.6 |
| Avon/Canal Bridge –
Leave canal and follow River Avon downstream. |
15:30 |
0:30 |
1.5 |
13.1 |
| Staff Club |
16:00 |
0:30 |
1.4 |
14.5 |
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| Totals |
Hours |
6:00 |
Miles |
14.5 |
So at 9.30
a.m. on a beautiful spring morning all the walkers were on
the coach which would take them from Warwick
to the start at Napton.
Below are some of the photographs taken on
the walk, many of which can be enlarged by clicking on them.
A big thank you goes
to Jeff, for organising the walk, and his wife Lin, for providing the
excellent refreshments.
Thanks
to the generosity of the walkers and their sponsors £1512.80 was
raised.
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