Newbold Rendezvous

What's the plural of rendezvous?

Yes, I do know, really…

Whilst hanging about waiting for the arranged one with the Ocado delivery van (David in the Courgette, this time) who should turn up having been in the pub for a couple of lunchtime pints, they said, but Ken and Bridget off Waveney. Regular readers will recall that they spent the winter moored on Finch pontoon just up from us on Grebe; we had a happy time (most of an hour) chatting.

This was just as well as David was a bit late, we being his last drop of the day. Nonetheless he was mega helpful, as the Ocado drivers almost always are, and trucked our stuff through the bridge hole and down the towpath to where we were tied.

This made a good finish to a day that had gone largely to plan: a later start then a steady plod through Stretton Stop and All Oaks Wood to tie in Newbold. there's a load of tree felling going on in All Oaks, mostly beech by the looks of it.

There was a good bit of room when we got here at half ten, but it's all filled up as the day went on. It's often busy here, but if you can turn up in decent time there's usually a space – we've never been unable to find somewhere but then we usually arrive before lunch, of course.

As forecast, the weather has turned chilly again; I just hope that yesterday afternoon wasn't all the summer we're getting.

We're indulging in fish and chips tonight, then a really relaxed start tomorrow, as we've only a couple of hours to do to the foot of Hillmorton.