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Where's John's Captain Hat?

We booked this canal boat today, the Teasel . I am disappointed it doesn't have Wi-Fi but it is still the best option for us with the location and timing.  £1125.00 is US$1470.60 - Let the adventures begin!!! Look at the itinerary of the various things we ill see and do:   Route Highlights: Natural England consider the Basingstoke Canal which runs through the counties of Surrey and Hampshire to be one of the finest waterways in Britain. To appreciate it, all you need is to take it slow and easy, meandering slowly through an environment abundant with both plant and wildlife. Admire the trees, riverside plants and rural landscape; look for heron, coots, moorhens and ducks; capture the brilliance of the shy, diving kingfisher, the elusive water vole, badgers and bats at dusk. Seek out the remains of 'King John's' castle and peer into the depths of the Greywell Tunnel, now closed to navigation and well known for its colony of bats. There is also a good choice of...

Maybe???

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Maybe this is going to happen! Almost 4 years ago I began this blog and I have to say it was probably 10 years before that when John saw this option and wanted to do it. Maybe it will happen this July.  We are planning a trip to London, Cornwall for the wedding of our friends, then this canal boat trip, and some touring time with our friends after their brief honeymoon, if that  works out. We are pretty excited about the whole thing! We are looking at this boat out of Odiham. There are several routes to choose from