Springtime Boating

After a good night’s sleep – the first bit of visitor mooring after the road bridge is the best in Willington, I reckon – we were up betimes and boating by half eight. Rather than try to wind in the rather congested winding hole by the service block, we went on to the marina entrance and winded there. It’s about 10 minutes boating each way, but worth it for the lack of hassle.

A pleasant morning’s boating was only marred by the cold wind in my face. The sun was shining, and it generally felt like Spring, just very chilly. On the way we crossed with Sunset Song, who follow this blog; good to see you!

We went into Shobnall for a pump out, and got three 25 kg bags of Mixed Ovals for a very reasonable £9.50 each. Hopefully, that will see us through this month, as our fuel use is declining with the warmer weather.

We’ve tied at Branston again, right on the eastern end of the visitor mooring, the first bit you come to after the lock, where the 3 signal is useable, just about.

We’ve had a quiet afternoon, and plan to stay here tomorrow, going on to Alrewas on Sunday. I chased up our more-than-week old order for International Paints High Strength Stain Remover from Marinescene. They’ve now admitted that they can’t source it, so I’ve cancelled that order and reordered from Mailspeed Marine; let’s hope that they do have some in stock as they claim on their website!