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A Pleasant Reunion With Good Friends
The relaxing weekend at Ansty ended with a high after I met up with Alan and Nigel at the Rose & Castle Pub. Unfortunately Richard could not attend and Arek is still in Poland, which would have been a bit of a tall order to just come for lunch. As it was Sunday, we all opted for a roast, mine and Nigels being Turkey and Alan went the extra mile and had a large meal with all the meats. That’s our Al…. I should have taken this picture of my lunch in landscape. I think it would have looked nicer. The food was absolutely excellent and it is…
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Steam Boat!!
Yesterday (Saturday) was a relax day for me, catching up on bit’s and bobs. I was varnishing a small coffee table that I had made when I heard a boat just about to pass by and he tooted because of the blind bend. Toot, as in steam! I quickly grabbed my phone and stood on the rear steps and saw this lovely steam powered boat. I didn’t catch much as he’d already gone too far past me. I asked for another toot and was rewarded with one included in the footage below. By the way, that cream coloured funnel actually hinges backwards so that the boat can pass under low…
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Through Hillmorton Locks To Ansty
The mooring near bridge 87 was quite a peaceful spot and it was a shame to depart so soon. However, I wouldn’t get anywhere if I moored up for days every time I stopped. It was a beautiful day when I moored up and this is captured here together with a Mrs Mallard. The following morning wasn’t so nice and was quite overcast. I’d stayed in bed far too long and didn’t get up until gone eleven. The forecast was threatening rain at around 1pm but I started out anyway and everything was rather tranquil for quite some time, until I decided that rain was imminent. I went to…
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The First Day
After a morning of rushing around, visiting the doctor, picking up the prescription and another last minute shop, I was ready. Apart from the arrival of a couple of packages from Amazon. These eventually arrived and after a few farewells to friends, I eagerly hurried to the boat and cast off. There was very little boat traffic on the way to Braunston but there were quite a few moored up, so it took a little longer than usual as I always observe the rule to slow down when passing moored boats. This is normally tick-over speed, which on my boat, is around 1 – 2 mph. I turned left at…