I need to leave the boat next Wednesday to spend a couple of days in Burton, and as we plan to moor in the Saltisford Arm for that time, we're not in any rush. So we've spent today staying put by Gibraltar Wharf.
This morning, apart from catching up on email correspondence, we turned out the cupboards under the wash basin in the bathroom and the sink in the galley. Stuff was cleaned and sorted, some non-slip lining put down in the under sink cupboard, and everything either put back tidily or thrown out.
This afternoon, we took a walk into Stockton. We've never been there before, despite boating up and down this bit of canal off and on for the last thirty years, it must be, since that's when we started hiring from Kate Boats Warwick. I can't honestly say we'd missed much, but the walk was pleasant, and got us some fresh air.
I'd printed off a bit of the relevant map from the OS getamap site. In order to use their print facility, you have to subscribe at £18 per year, and we may well come to that in due course, but for the moment I just did a partial screen capture of the map (shift-command-4 on a Mac) and printed the resulting image. (Note for Mac types: the site's fancy MS stuff doesn't work properly in Safari, though they say it does, but it's fine in Firefox. Just shows the value of having more than one browser to your bow.)
The rest of the day has been spent largely loafing about, really, and very pleasant too on a fine summer Sunday.
Tomorrow, we'll work down Stockton Locks and tie at Long Itchington, then the next day go on to Radford Semele.
2 comments:
Remember there are 6 pubs in Long Itchington, not just the two by the cut.
Loving the shiny boat!
Passed you earlier today but didn't see any activity - we were in disguise - cruising with nb Matilda Rose!
Sue, nb Indigo Dream
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