Category: views and vistas

Bonnie Journey – Cosgrove to Fenny Compton (44 Miles)

Taking overnight stays in Gayton, Norton Junction and Napton along the way!

Moored at Grand Union Iron Trunk Aqueduct
Moored at Grand Union Iron Trunk Aqueduct about 100 yards from the aqueduct itself.

Back out in the sticks

Spring is here. At least in theory.

Whilst my stay around Milton Keynes, in the winter, was fine. It’s really not somewhere I’d continue to add my patronage to.

The idea of the boat, as I see it, is to provide the luxury of modern living detached from civilization, which it does quite well.

Milton Keynes is one of the biggest social housing projects in Europe. Although they throw trees, parks, shops and other attractions in, there’s no getting away from that fact.

I’m glad to be out of it and back out in the sticks.

Cosgrove's Ironstone Bridge
Passing under Cosgrove’s Ironstone Bridge in spring

Day 1: Cosgrove to Gayton in the Fields

A bad day weather wise. Wind and hail. Not ideal.

Just one set of 7 locks to get through at Stoke Bruerne, and the tiny ‘stop-lock’ at Cosgrove.

A view across toward the River Tove - Cosgrove
A view across toward the River Tove – Cosgrove

As I came out of Cosgrove, the weather was a little sunny. This soon changed as I got underway, and by the time I’d got my fuel and was ready to get underway proper, the bad weather really set in.

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Severn Trent Billing tries to Scam me out of money – Part #7

  • Dear Mr Tyler,
  • Account number 598168590-9
  • I have been passed your email of 6/2/08, from Darren Sandbach who is our
  • Web Executive. I have investigated your query and can see that the reason
  • that we were stating that you still owed £74.20 was because you had made
  • the payment on an account in the name of the occupier. The confusion seems
  • to have arisen due to you informing us that you would be leaving the
  • property and emigrating. Once this happened we updated the account for
  • Flat 3 into the name of the Occupier ready for a new occupant to provide
  • their details. You then informed us that you were no longer leaving Flat 3
  • and we opened an account back into your name, in the meantime the £74.20
  • was paid using the Occupier bill. I have now transferred the £74.20 onto
  • your current open account number as shown above.
  • I am sorry for the inconvenience or distress that this misunderstanding
  • may have caused you and can confirm that your account balance is now nil.
  • Your next bill will be issued during February/March 2008 for the charges
  • that will be due for the period 1/4/08 to 31/3/09. Should you have any
  • further queries please call our Contact Centre on 08457 500 500.
  • I trust that this resolves the matter to your satisfaction.
  • Regards
  • Becky Bosley
  • Customer Liaison Team
  • Billing Contact Centre

I used to work for your lot.

I think it funny that you want to destroy my life.