STEP THREE - Select the Trip you want.
Step Three is to see the trips that are available on Halseyon Days.
Halseyon days makes four-, five-, six- and seven-hour trips both north and south out of Leicester Marina. This page shows the trips north but by clicking on the ‘View South-bound trip’ link you will be able to read a short narrative about those trips.
Once you have decided on the trip you wish to book, please select the ‘Book this cruise’ link and you will be taken straight into our booking and payment section.
If, for any reason, you can’t book straight away then please be aware that the availability calendar may have changed when you return.
We leave the Leicester Marina mooring and, after a short time, pass through our first lock at Thurmaston. We cruise alongside the Watermead Country Park and reach the outskirts of Syston, home of the famous “Pukka Pie” factory! We pass Junction Boatyard and then gradually turn at the Wreake End junction.
We’ll go through Junction Lock and wind our way through the countryside until we arrive very near to Cossington Lock. Our turn for home will be made either here or at Rothley Brook, river conditions dependent.
The all-inclusive price for this 4-hour trip is £168.
This trip can start from the following times…
10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm and 1pm
This trip follows the route of the 4-hour trip, but hopefully there will be time to disembark or moor for a picnic near to the picturesque Cossington Mill, a Grade 2 listed building which milled corn in the 17th century. Alternatively, it may be possible to go further through Cossington Lock before turning near Rothley Brook.
The all-inclusive price for this 5-hour trip is £208.
This trip can start from the following times…
10am, 10.30am, 11am and 11.30am
This trip follows the route of the 5-hour trip, but after passing through Cossington Lock we cruise further towards Sileby. It is quite picturesque along this stretch which borders on the Cossington Meadows nature reserve. Our turn for home, river conditions dependent, would be made near Sileby lock.
The all-inclusive price for this 6-hour trip is £248.
This trip can start from the following times…
10am, 10.30am and 11am
This trip follows the route of the 6-hour trip, but there should be sufficient time to cruise further towards Mountsorrel before turning for our return journey. On a weekday (not a Bank Holiday) there would be sufficient time to have lunch at the Waterside pub at Mountsorrel, or to moor for a picnic on the boat.
The all-inclusive price for this 7-hour trip is £288.
This trip can start from the following times…
10am
c/o. 28 Holbourne Close
Barrow Upon Soar
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 8NE
Bookings:
Email: bookings@baldwintrust.co.uk
Phone: 07923 817718
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Email: volunteers@baldwintrust.co.uk
Phone: 07763 736906
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Email: secretary@baldwintrust.co.uk
Phone: 07933 148952
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