Time to relax at Market Harborough

Phew, we made it to MH! What I had forgotten is the irony that the connection here at Union Wharf is rubbish, a slow GPRS, whereas the one at the top of Foxton was great. Heigh ho.

Meantime, many thanks to those posting their experiences of the various mobile internet services; do keep them coming.

You'll see that I have taken the plunge and got a Twitter account, and added a gadget at the top right of the blog page to show my last five tweets. This means that I can upload a quick tweet from the phone without having to get an internet connection. If you want to follow me on Twitter, there's a link to do that in the box as well.

The trip down Foxton worked well. We were up and about good and early, and waiting at the top by half seven. A quick chat with the lockie, who just needed to let some water down, and we were on our way down by ten to eight. We waited in the middle lay-by for two boats to come up, and then carried on down to the bottom.

The turn out of the bottom lock onto the Arm is very interesting in a 70 footer, but I made it in the end, albeit by putting the bow on the towpath opposite and motoring the stern round at one stage. Having a boat waiting on the mooring outside the shop didn't help.

Two hours along the arm, and here we are. The first folk we saw were John and Jo on Acen, so a cup of coffee was consumed with them before they moved Acen into the basin and we took their nice straight stretch just outside.

We've also been able to catch up with Keith and Jo on Hadar. It's great to see Keith looking so much better, and we look forward to showing them round Sanity Again sometime in the next day or so.

One moan; bridge 4, the swing bridge, is now almost impossible to swing. We've been told that if enough people complain about it, it will be fixed open, as the road over it isn't really needed.

Much shopping to do tomorrow. John, that excellent chap, has offered us a lift back from Sainsbury's tomorrow; aren't boaters great?