Giffard Park and Sunday Football

Campbell Park to Giffard Park, Grand Union Canal, 1.8 miles 0 locks

We have moved on now to Giffard Park, almost 2 miles along the canal. This does not seem far, but this took 45 minutes to cruise! Such is the pace along the canals. Suits us fine. We are allowed to stay here for 14 days before moving on again.

Giffard Park is not as pretty as Campbell Park, but it does have some advantages. Within a few minutes walking it has toilet and water points, several shops and a pub.

Now the pub made me think. I like to watch Newcastle United. As yet we do not have sky on Brumpoolie, so I have to go to the pub to watch the Newcastle matches, yes I know. They were on the TV last Sunday, so I looked for a nice pub using Google maps on my mobile, and set off on foot for a nice walk there. After setting off, a thought occurred to me. What if they do not show the match? We take it for granted that just about all pubs in the North East will show the football because of the interest, but maybe not so in Milton Keynes. So I called the pub. "Football sir? never heard of it,  no we do not have Sky". Well as it was only about 20 or 30 minutes before kick off and I was halfway to this pub with no car, I was in trouble!. So I phoned a few more pubs, but they all said no we do not show the football. One pub eventually did say yes, the Slug and Lettuce in Milton Keynes Centre. So I hot footed it there just to catch the start, even though it was almost 2 miles away. There were only a couple of people in the pub who were eating a meal, so I had the TV to myself! Now the reason I mention this is that Newcastle are again on the TV this Sunday, but I will have no such problems this time.

The Pub is a mere few steps away....

Here are a few more pictures of our new base at Giffard Park....