Richard
was worried (again!) that there might queues at the locks as it is Bank Holiday
Monday. However all the boats seemed to
be coming towards us so we encountered nice empty locks :-)
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| Waterfall at Mountsorrel |
As
we approached Mountsorrel there is a lovely complex of new houses – some of
which are still empty. The estate agent’s
blurb says that the development is based on a Norfolk fishing village with
Dutch influence, architecturally styled resulting in a striking mix of
individual designs and most attractive street scenes. The house that I looked at has 4/5 bedrooms and
3 en-suites and each house has exclusive rights to moorings in the marina with
32 spaces available price a mere £399,000!
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| New houses at Waterside |
The
day got hotter and hotter (I’m not complaining!) and this just seem to make the
Soar more and more beautiful. I know I
am probably boring everyone with my raptures over the Soar but I just love it.
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| One way of keeping cool |
We
decided that we would have our main meal at lunchtime today and pulled over at
the Hope and Anchor which is about half way between Junction Lock and Thurmaston
Lock. It turned out to be a Hungry Horse
pub and I reckon the world and his wife were there – well of course they would
be on a hot Bank Holiday Monday! Richard
went in to get some drinks and was gone for ages – needless to say, when he
came back, he suggested that we didn’t stay there for food. The outside area was also plagued by wasps so
we headed back to Mary H and I made a couple of sandwiches which we ate on the
hoof. We had one more lock to do which
we actually managed to share with another boat.
I hasten to add that all the boats coming down were in pairs – so why
are we always on our own – answers on a postcard please!
While
we were at the pub Muffin made a new friend, Sasha is a Cockapoo though her
mother is an American Cocker Spaniel which makes her face slightly different to
Muffins.
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| Sasha |
We
found the entrance to Leicester Marina just after the lock and turned in, went
to the office and settled in to our berth where we will leave Mary H tomorrow
to go down to Cornwall for another funeral.
We will spend a couple of nights with Penny and Jim and we also have
friends close to Bodmin where the funeral will be so we will spend a night with
them too.
So
blog readers, another break. I am
already a day behind with the blog and Muffin says that he will get his blog up
to date tomorrow on our drive down so that can be published while we are away. Normal service will be resumed on Sunday.
Barrow-on-Soar
to Leicester Marina
7.10
miles
5
locks
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