We set off from Great Barford just before 10am. The often narrow and shallow river is isolated with few signs of habitation, the river bank to the east is mainly woodland whereas that to the west is agricultural. We have left the wide flood plain and are beginning to see more hilly scenary.
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| Bedford Lock brings boats into the town centre. |
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| Cruising through Bedford |
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| Reaching the centre. |
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| Moored up in Bedford |
By lunchtime after 6 miles and 3 locks we were entering Bedford. As usual from the waterways you dont see much of the towns until you reach the central area. The final lock tooks us up onto the wide and impressive waterway that passes through the centre of Bedford. Nowadays it really is just for show, navigation ends a mile or so further upstream and downstream is only really suitable for narrowboats and smaller rivercraft. Whether larger boats could get this far inland in the past I dont know.
We moored all on our own just before 2pm near the town centre.
7.48 miles, 4 locks, 4 hours cruising
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