Cruise one way to Great Linford on Milton Kynes Electra Community Boat
Sue organised a canal cruise along The Grand Union Canal and return walk event from Campbell Wharf to Great Linford Manor Park Milton Keynes.
We met at Avebury Boulevard car park and took a gentle stroll to the marina.
We were met by our friendly skipper and boarded at 11.30am for our 90-minute cruise taking 12 members.
We were given a warm welcome, health and safety talk and served with teas or coffee while we enjoyed leisurely scenic cruise
along the canal passing a few artworks on the Gyosei Art Trail and lots of wildlife, passing Campbell Park, Pennyland Basin and Linford Wharf where the Newport Pagnell Canal once branched off.
When we arrived at Great Linford Manor Park, cared for by The Parks Trust, we had to shelter under trees for our lunch. The rain soon stopped and we started our leisurely walk back to Campbell Wharf.
Before doing so we had a brief stroll around a part of the park looking at the church, the newly restored ponds and the Alms houses.
Our walk back to us past some artworks and the Victorian Brick Kilns from which bricks were taken by canal boat to nearby building sites.
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