I
had hoped to say hello to Brian and Diana from NB Harnser when we went for our
Sunday lunch but, of course, that didn’t happen. Brian and Diana - we will catch up with you again
somewhere.
We
soon got a system going with Pauline and Nigel on their hire boat. They have been hiring for 8 years so know
what they are doing. Pauline and I were
steering and were going between locks side by side and managing very well but
at the second to top lock there was a hold up as a hire boat was waiting for a
single hander to come down from the top lock and join them. There were quite a few boats coming up so the
whole flight came to a halt. Eventually
we were ready to move on out of our lock and into the next one. Pauline and I had agreed to go together and
let the other two boats split – this seemed like a good idea until the hire
boat came out (first) and somehow managed to get themselves across the pound in
front of us!! In the end they got
themselves straight but completely on the wrong side of us – interesting!! Nigel said that if he had had a camera he
would have put the video up on Utube!
We
got to the top and said goodbye to Pauline and Nigel as we planned to stop,
possibly near The Boat to have our Sunday lunch. However when we moored up there was no
internet signal and I had the choice of Sunday lunch or internet – internet won
and we moved on up the canal a bit.
We
had a quiet afternoon sheltering from the storm that had been forecast – yeah right
– what storm BBC? There was a little
light rain and it was very grey so I think we did the right thing.
As
it was such a grey day I didn’t take any photos so today’s offering are from
earlier on this summer.
The
Blue Lias to Daventry Road Bridge
2.02
miles8 locks
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