Nine hours lots of locks and a very tight squeeze to get the boat in the last mooring space.
An early night and a lie in are on the cards I hope.
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Monday, 30 July 2018
Great Bedwyn
We left Kintbury at 9 this morning, we buddied up with another boat.
They have a crew of four.
We took it in turns to work the locks, all 13 of them.
We stopped for an hour in Hungerford for lunch.
We reached Great Bedwyn at 5.
There was only one mooring space left.
Our buddy boat got in the space and we've breasted up for the night.
We are all knackered and going to have an early night.
We are setting off at 9 tomorrow.
They have a crew of four.
We took it in turns to work the locks, all 13 of them.
We stopped for an hour in Hungerford for lunch.
We reached Great Bedwyn at 5.
There was only one mooring space left.
Our buddy boat got in the space and we've breasted up for the night.
We are all knackered and going to have an early night.
We are setting off at 9 tomorrow.
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Weather
It's still raining, it hasn't stopped all day and now the wind is getting up.
It's not forecast to rain as much tomorrow so we may move, at least as far as Hungerford to do some shopping.
Let's hope it isn't too windy tomorrow, narrowboats aren't easy to steer in strong wind. Yesterday's journey was interesting in some places as it was very windy. CHS would get the boat going in a straight line but a sudden gust of wind and he'd be struggling to keep it straight. We saw one boat end up across the canal as the wind suddenly caught it.
It's like trying to steer a 57 foot sail.
It's not forecast to rain as much tomorrow so we may move, at least as far as Hungerford to do some shopping.
Let's hope it isn't too windy tomorrow, narrowboats aren't easy to steer in strong wind. Yesterday's journey was interesting in some places as it was very windy. CHS would get the boat going in a straight line but a sudden gust of wind and he'd be struggling to keep it straight. We saw one boat end up across the canal as the wind suddenly caught it.
It's like trying to steer a 57 foot sail.
Words
I saw,this on the MSE forum earlier today and decided I need to use it sometimes.
Roses are red, Karma is true.
May you get what is coming to you.
By skin and bone, blood and nerve.
You will get what you deserve.
I'm also learning a version of the sheep counting system, yan tan tethera, it's raining, we can't move on until tomorrow and there is no TV signal.
It will stave off boredom for a few hours.
Roses are red, Karma is true.
May you get what is coming to you.
By skin and bone, blood and nerve.
You will get what you deserve.
I'm also learning a version of the sheep counting system, yan tan tethera, it's raining, we can't move on until tomorrow and there is no TV signal.
It will stave off boredom for a few hours.
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Kintbury
We are moored in Kintbury, on the 48 hour visitor moorings. The weather is forecast to be very wet tomorrow if it is we will stay here.
We were moored just above Greenham lock last night, we had some very heavy rain in the early hours but it had stopped by the time we got up.
We've travelled through nine locks today and one swing bridge, some of the locks were easier than others. We had help at three of the locks as there were boats traveling in the opposite direction.
One boat was decked out with balloons and bunting, one of the passengers was celebrating his birthday, he was probably about seven years old.
We passed a boat called Sunflower Days there were about 20 sunflowers in pots on the boat. Another boat had a roof covered in sedum and grass, the boat didn't seem to have a name. We also saw a boat with a vegetable garden on the roof and in the cratch a tub of runner beans covered in flowers. The most decorative boat today has to be African Queen, on the roof loads and loads of bottles and jars all covered in glass mosaic.
We were moored just above Greenham lock last night, we had some very heavy rain in the early hours but it had stopped by the time we got up.
We've travelled through nine locks today and one swing bridge, some of the locks were easier than others. We had help at three of the locks as there were boats traveling in the opposite direction.
One boat was decked out with balloons and bunting, one of the passengers was celebrating his birthday, he was probably about seven years old.
We passed a boat called Sunflower Days there were about 20 sunflowers in pots on the boat. Another boat had a roof covered in sedum and grass, the boat didn't seem to have a name. We also saw a boat with a vegetable garden on the roof and in the cratch a tub of runner beans covered in flowers. The most decorative boat today has to be African Queen, on the roof loads and loads of bottles and jars all covered in glass mosaic.
Friday, 27 July 2018
It's been a long day.
CHS was at work today so we couldn't start our journey until he finished but we still managed to get almost to Newbury.
We had a couple of showers on the way, one at Monkey Marsh lock and one at Bulls swing bridge. I got very wet both times.
We are moored on the armco just. Past the dry dock. Tomorrow we will fill up with diesel and water and then resume our journey.
We had a couple of showers on the way, one at Monkey Marsh lock and one at Bulls swing bridge. I got very wet both times.
We are moored on the armco just. Past the dry dock. Tomorrow we will fill up with diesel and water and then resume our journey.
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