It’s
the first day of September and this morning we knew it! We will be putting the winter duvet back on
tonight.
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| Birstall Lock |
We set
off for Leicester with Ferndale – it was really nice to cruise in company again
and to share locks.
We
passed the Space Centre – it really does look as if it is inflatable but is in
fact clad in high-tech ETFE “pillows” and was built in 1996.
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| The Space Centre |
The
last time we came along this way was in April 2010 and was the first part of
our summer continuous cruising though we had to go home afterwards and wait
until Richard retired at the end of May!
The canal seems to be a lot cleaner now and last time we counted 26
footballs in the water but we only saw 2 today.
You can see the bottom these days and everywhere looks a lot less polluted.
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| North Lock |
I wrote
the above as we approached Castle Gardens in Leicester but from then on it was
all downhill. I had been feeling a
little sick during the morning but just after we moored up at about 11.30 am I
thought I was going to be sick and that’s how it stayed until 4.30 pm when I
was finally sick. I had really bad griping
pains in my tummy and a tight band round my head. After being sick the tummy pains lessened but
the head was still thumping and I stayed in bed for the rest of the day L
Richard
took the opportunity to polish one side of the boat with his new acquisition,
Canuba Wax. Along with his Christmas
present of a 12 volt polisher Mary H looks nice and shiny again.
(The
last two paragraphs were written on Tuesday morning)
Below
Thurmaston Lock to Castle Gardens Leicester
4.82 miles
5 locks
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