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River
Nene |
Price £14.99 Available for purchase on-line from our sister company redumbrella. In PAL DVD-R format, suitable for the UK, European and Australia / New Zealand markets. Will also play in laptops anywhere. |
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The
non tidal River Nene navigation starts at the bottom of the Northampton
Arm of the Grand Union Canal, and heads North West through Peterborough
to Dog-in-a-Doublet lock. The Nene Valley is breathtakingly beautiful,
and the navigation is almost deserted, so for someone who likes to get
away from it all, it is almost perfect. The wetland habitats in the Nene
Valley encourage an amazing variety of wild life and this DVD includes
rare footage of several endangered species including a flying display
by a red kite. The guillotine locks on the Nene have earned something
of a reputation among canal boaters as being difficult to operate. The
Environment Agency is embarked upon a programme of elect¬rification
and replacement of guillotines with conventional gates, or doors as they
like to call them. The manual guillotines that remain are well looked
after, so no reasonably fit canal boater should be put off. Fotheringhay,
the birthplace of Richard III and the site of the beheading of the tragic
Mary Queen of Scots is one of the most atmospheric places in Britain,
and our coverage includes a trip to the top of the bell tower. |
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