Finally having returned from a visit to our family in Canada we are back in the UK, cleared our jet lag from flying from Vancouver some eight hours behind the UK.
Friday 20th July.
Cleared the moorings in Market Harborough on a dry bright morning and set sail towards Foxton Locks.We have a new crew member our Grand Daughter Amelia just for the trip today. Amelia was made Chief Engineer and had the job of moving the Morse control to the engine rev's I called out.
It wasn't long before the sky darkened and it pored with rain (what's new) it didn't last long and the cruise was continued in the dry and warm.
Amelia assisted at the Foxton Road swing bridge.
Saturday 21st July.
After collecting the news paper, I walked up to the top of the locks to check in with the lock keeper who walked with me down to the bottom and prepared the lock while I returned to the boat, Jo set off to start the locking and I manoeuvred the boat in to the first lock.
There was very little boat traffic moving on the canal, we stopped and moored near bridge 40,
Sunday 22nd July.
Moved of at 9. am. on a warm sunny morning, the wind did pick up so a fleece was needed until the sun got hot. Still very little traffic to start with, after a little while met coming towards us David and Vivien on NB First Fruits, we stopped mid canal and caught up with their news, cruising on the traffic began to build up. We were in a three boat convoy all the way to Crick and passed many boat coming toward us. We stopped at the beginning of the Crick strait to chat with Lizzie on NB Panda and her parents on NB.The Gwynned. Then we cruised through the tunnel and moored up at the first mooring past the tunnel.
1 comment:
Hi jo and John
Nice to see that you are on the move again. We are due at the boat on Tuesday afternoon and will be heading south on Wednesday. If you have not passed us by then will look out for you.
Bob June and Phoenix
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