{"id":655,"date":"2022-05-06T09:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=655"},"modified":"2022-05-06T11:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T11:54:07","slug":"broad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2022\/05\/06\/broad\/","title":{"rendered":"Broad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 12 started at bridge 2 of the Grand Union Canal, just a few feet from our glamp. This is a broad canal, unlike the others we have walked along which were narrow canals. These broad canals were the motorways of their age. It meant that when I got to Braunston Tunnel, a mile further on, two boats, one in each direction could go through the tunnel at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tunnel ahead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But not people. Walkers have to take a route over the tunnel. I met another walker and we chatted on the path to Daventry. It was clear my path had been diverted by some housing developments but I eventually found my way back to the tunnel exit and onto Long Buckby Wharf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob had by now walked further on and I caught him up at Gayton, bridge 47, where there is a small car park. There was an unexpected sighting of a terrapin in the canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An indistinct terrapin <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We stopped at the Old Dairy Farm for cake on the way back, and I later walked to the boat shop at bridge 2 for some shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We met our host and chatted over the gate. It’s been a lovely place to stay. I don’t usually make recommendations but this one is super.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The broad way is not recommended to followers of The Way, but in this instance it is the broad canal that leads to our eventual destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rule says ‘be encouraged’ and I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Encouraged by cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From my remembered bible: it’s the narrow way that leads to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Friend of Scholastica and a Member of the Lay Community of St Benedict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janet Lees, Braunston to Gayton, 05.05.2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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