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In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Blisworth tunnel air vents

We left Stoke Bruerne on the 19th January after the ice had finally gone. I must say it was a really nice place to stay and we got to know the landlord of the Navigation quite well. Curry nights were on Wednesday so of course that was our regular evening out and all the boaters became our friends and neighbours. We were quite sorry to go.

We had been through Blisworth tunnel a few times, the last being with my brother Andre, and I was interested in knowing where the vents were above ground. Ian and I took the dogs for a walk along the route of the tunnel and eventually came across them. There are 5 chimneys along the length above ground but when we went through only 4 are open to the sky. All of them poured water over us as we sailed through, well they would considering all of the snow melt.

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