Day 15
Opening the blinds this morning revealed drizzle and then some more drizzle. It was morning as well, about 6am. We knew we might get a bit of noise from the mainline railway nearby but hadn't bargained for the sheep with megaphones.
Actually we did manage to drop off again and eventually arose about 10am....still drizzling...so a couple of cups of coffee and watched Takeshi's Castle.....Love the High Rollers.We cast off around about 11am with yours truly fully decked out in wet weather gear.
It was still drizzling and it was that fine rain.....you know...the stuff that gets you wet through. At Gayton Junction we took on and dropped off the usual fluids and got chatting to another couple also taking on and dropping off, about sofa's, of all things, We where suddenly whistled at by a boat opposite and asked if we had finished.....ooppps, far too easy to get carried away...sorry folks.
Laura had been looking forward to the Tunnel of Doom at Blisworth and BREAKFAST IN AMERICA/lunch was delayed for it.
There had been quite a fair bit of traffic this morning in spite of the rain and the tunnel mouth had the usual exhaust fumes shrouding its dark depths.
We chugged through and only met one boat coming the other way. I always think to myself what if this is a widebeam that aint arranged a passage, But no. twas a tug style Nb and we hailed each others dark shapes on the tillers as we passed.
No space at the top of Stoke Bruerne so we dropped 2 locks and tied up to cook the breakfast we had missed for the tunnel. The full works except for my black pudding which had been taken over by mico organisms turning it an interesting bluey black colour....Its my fault for it being hidden at the far end of the fridge.
Seeing the state of the sky and the prospect of further wet clothes we decided to set up the Sky Dish and close up for the day. Nora settled down to watch Hollyoaks and I for some strange reason fell asleep for the next 2 hours....
For the evening meal we patroned the Boat Restaurant....An excellent meal of Wild mushrooms and fillet steak for Nora and Crayfish and Red Mullet for me.We skipped pudding and had a pint outside while watching an Alvechurch boat and a Bromley Youth Trust boat negotiate the top lock.Marstons Pedigree was very good.Weather report shows rather promising for tomorrow
our mooring for tonight
3 comments:
Another great day of travelling with you Geoff. I'm really along for the ride with you! Still not sure if I'd like the tunnels though!
Our friend Philip, who is currently on his life long dream journey from here into France (think you saw my farewell post), is keeping up a blog about it which is very entertaining in itself, but as it's written in colloquial Dutch, is quite difficult to read. Still, you might enjoy the pictures.
He left here and went down the Maas from s'Hertogenbosch (via the Doordrecht and the Biesbosch), then through Maastricht and on down to Namur. He's just past the French border now, after being swindled out of €320 for two months cruising, and has had his first scary encounter with a tunnel. If you're interested, you can follow his journey pictorially at least at: http://blauwevis.blogspot.com
I keep meaning to mention that I like the musical references in your blog posts! Is this an indication of your taste?
Cheers Val, Yes I have been following Philips journey and trying my hand at dutch to english dictionary. Ill add his link to my list if thats ok.
The musical reference was a very loose reference which I tried to link each day to, and is certainly restricted to my music tastes......Ive promised Laura she can do the titles on our next trip
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