Another early start, it’s the best way (as far as we’re concerned, your mileage may vary) when navigating a busy canal at the top of the season. As usual, Sheila went straight on the tiller whilst I breakfasted. By half seven, just as she’d cleared Fenny Tunnel, I took over for the rest of the morning.
All the locks were against us, but at least they are reasonably quick to fill. As the morning wore on, in frankly miserable weather, damp and with a cold northerly breeze, some traffic began to appear.
At Broadmoor lock, the boat coming up warned us that the Cropredy moorings were very busy, so we’ve stopped a little bit short of the narrows that used to be Bridge 151.
Earlier on, we’d slipped past No Problem, who were still in the process of waking to the brave new dawn. By the time we’d started lunch, past they came, which gave us a chance for a quick natter with Sue and Vic, punctuated by frantic barking from Meg as she played with the cut water from the towpath.
This afternoon, the main tasks have been domestic; Sheila’s got a load of washing out, the weather having picked up a bit, and I’ve done an oil change.
We need to organise a rendezvous with Elanor at some point, to meet her new dog and to collect post, but the Vodafone signal is frankly rubbish here, which makes that task a bit difficult.
Wildlife notes:
I saw the first kingfisher of the season yesterday, a welcome sight since the last winter has really knocked them back.
Today, there was a hare charging around a field; haven’t seen one so clearly for a long time.
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Who took the summer away. This morning was not particularly nice here either, but as the day wore on it got warmer and sunnier. Here is hoping it picks up in time for us to move off on Wednesday. Then the summer can really begin. Happy cruising. Jox
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