Travel Bug Dog Tag Canal Traveller

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Origin:
United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of gilgalad38.

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Current Goal

Having completed the first mission to get from Burton upon Trent, the site of the IWA National Festival 2004, to the 2005 event at Preston Brook, Canal Traveller was tasked with getting to the 2006 site at Beale Park.

I'm afraid canal Traveller failed in the 2006 mission and was still well north of the Thames at the end of August!

The mission for 2007 was to get to St Ives on the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire where the 2007 National Waterways Festival was to be held.

Failed again :(!! We've decided to make Canal Traveller a continuous cruiser and give it a much more open mission. We've also replaced the plaques with photocopies to make it lighter. Canal Traveller would like to be photographed on boats and visit lots of canals (preferably by boat). In particular, visits to rallies and festivals (with pictures) would be enjoyed.

About This Item

Canal Traveller TB

Canal Traveller consists of copies of commemorative plaques from Inland Waterways Association National Festivals.

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Tracking History (29360.3mi) View Map

Dropped Off 3/8/2006 the_narrowboaters placed it in Good Year for a River Walk Southern England, United Kingdom - 14.73 miles  Visit Log

Good luck to the Canal Traveller TB. Hope another boater pics this one up to continue on down to Oxford and out onto the Thames. The Inland Waterways Festival is in August we will watch with interest to see if this TB makes it in time!!

Ann and Sue AKA the_narrowboaters

  • Canal Traveller gets a ride! Cana Traveller TB onboad Sue's narrowboat "No Problem" on the way south along the Oxford Canal
  • Hitching a ride on the gunnel!! Canal Traveller TB gets a ride south onboard Ann's boat "Moore2Life"
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/18/2006 the_narrowboaters retrieved it from Cropredy Bridge East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Canal Traveller is now on a narrowboat making its way south along the Oxford Canal towards the Thames

  • Aboard Narrowboat 'No Problem' Pic taken onboad as we cruise through Banbury
Dropped Off 2/17/2006 Bumbling Fools placed it in Cropredy Bridge East Midlands, United Kingdom - 4.86 miles  Visit Log
  • At Cropredy Lock The youngest Bumbling Fool and Micro Muppet posing with the TB before dropping it off
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/22/2006 Bumbling Fools retrieved it from Wharf - Never at Sea United Kingdom   Visit Log

picked up this today, will take a photo or two and then hope to move it further south
Dropped Off 1/22/2006 Thornproof placed it in Wharf - Never at Sea United Kingdom - 81.85 miles  Visit Log

Hopefully Canal Traveller will continue his journey towards the River Thames

  • Canal Traveller arrives at the South Oxford Canal
  • Canal Traveller arrives at the South Oxford Canal
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/11/2006 Thornproof retrieved it from 14 locks United Kingdom   Visit Log

We popped over to the cache to pick up our TB as it had been resting there a while. We'll move it on to another stretch of canal in a week or so.
Dropped Off 10/23/2005 sniffadogz placed it in 14 locks United Kingdom - 1.72 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/2/2005 sniffadogz retrieved it from CC46 Crumlin Canal South Wales, United Kingdom   Visit Log

What a weighty TB!

Dropped Off 9/30/2005 Thornproof placed it in CC46 Crumlin Canal South Wales, United Kingdom - 120.49 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/27/2005 Thornproof retrieved it from A cut above... United Kingdom   Visit Log

We are delighted that our Canal Traveller TB has completed it's mission to travel from National Waterways Festival 2004 venue in Burton upon Trent and arrive in time for NWF 2005 at Preston Brook.

Many thanks to all who assisted Canal Traveller along the way. We'll be dropping the TB off again before we leave the festival next week. It's new mission will be to attend NWF 2006 at Beale Park on the River Thames.

  • Canal Traveller TB with "a cut above...." cache
  • Festive Festival! Canal Traveller TB with Brian Holt at the Ipswich IWA stand
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