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| H F TRUMAN NARROWBOAT TRUST Young people having fun afloat
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A unique fund raising opportunity for local young people to work together
23 July to 6 August 2005
THE ROUTE
The following timetable shows the intended route that the boats will take on this challenging voyage.
Cruising hours are approximate, but as you can see the days are expected to be long.
Names in brackets are the places we will go through or pass near to.
WEEK ONE - CALF HEATH to LONDON
| Saturday 23 July | Calf Heath to Birmingham City Centre | (Wolverhampton, Coseley, Tipton, Smethwick) Miles 21½ | Locks 25 | Hours 11½
| Sunday 24 July | Birmingham City Centre to Hatton Top Lock | (Edgbaston, Bournville, Hockley Heath) Miles 22½ | Locks 19 | Hours 10½
| Monday 25 July | Hatton Top Lock to Stockton Top Lock (Warwick, Leamington Spa)
| Miles 14 | Locks 43 | Hours 12
| Tuesday 26 July | Stockton Top Lock to Stoke Bruerne (Napton, Braunston, Blisworth)
| Miles 28 | Locks 16 | Hours 12
| Wednesday 27 July | Stoke Bruerne to Leighton Buzzard (Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Bletchley)
| Miles 26¼ | Locks 14 | Hours 11
| Thursday 28 July | Leighton Buzzard to Boxmoor (Marsworth, Berkhamstead)
| Miles 19 | Locks 35 | Hours 12
| Friday 29 July | Boxmoor to Bulls Bridge Junction | (Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, Hayes) Miles 22½ | Locks 28 | Hours 12
| Saturday 30 July | Bulls Bridge Junction to London, Camden Locks | (Southall, Norwood, Harlesden, Paddington, Marylebone, Regents Park, London Zoo) Miles 12½ | Locks 0 | Hours 4
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WEEK TWO - LONDON to WALSALL
| Saturday 30 July | London, Camden Locks to Bulls Bridge Junction | (London Zoo, Regents Park, Marylebone, Paddington, Harlesden, Norwood, Southall) Miles 12½ | Locks 0 | Hours 4
| Sunday 31 July | Bulls Bridge Junction to Boxmoor | (Hayes, Uxbridge, Rickmansworth, Watford, Hemel Hempstead) Miles 22½ | Locks 28 | Hours 12
| Monday 1 August | Boxmoor to Leighton Buzzard (Berkhamstead, Marsworth)
| Miles 19 | Locks 35 | Hours 12
| Tuesday 2 August | Leighton Buzzard to Stoke Bruerne (Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Wolverton)
| Miles 26¼ | Locks 14 | Hours 11
| Wednesday 3 August | Stoke Bruerne to Stockton Top Lock (Blisworth, Braunston, Napton)
| Miles 28 | Locks 16 | Hours 12
| Thursday 4 August | Stockton Top Lock to Hatton Top Lock (Leamington Spa, Warwick)
| Miles 14 | Locks 43 | Hours 12
| Friday 5 August | Hatton Top Lock to Birmingham City Centre | (Hockley Heath, Bournville, Edgbaston) Miles 22½ | Locks 19 | Hours 10½
| Saturday 6 August | Birmingham City Centre to Walsall | (Smethwick, Ocker Hill, Darlaston, Pleck) Miles 13 | Locks 8 | Hours 7
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For photos and a progress report
THE H.F. TRUMAN TRUST IS A REGISTERED CHARITY. NO.1037914
Supported by Walsall MBC
member of the National Community Boats Association
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