We needed to get to Leighton Buzzard by 10ish so that Jim could catch a
train home. Men being men had to leave
at 8.15 to do 2 miles and 1 lock – needless to say I showered while we were
underway.
We got a mooring outside Tesco, had a cup of coffee, messed around and
then walked to the station. We were
still 20 minutes early! We left Jim
waiting for the Birmingham train. He was
then going to change onto the Cheltenham train where Penny was going to meet
him as Amy, my niece, lives there and it was an excuse to have lunch with her.
Richard and I walked back down to Mary H and I went to Tesco. I had a good stock up – wine and tonic water
seemed to be the order of the day!
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| Les and Jaq in happier days |
We then walked back along the canal to meet up with some remarkable
people – Jaq and Les, fellow bloggers, from NB Valerie. We had tried to catch up last year but it
didn’t work out so I was determined to see them this time. If you read their blog you will see that Les
has terminal cancer and, to be perfectly honest, I knew I wouldn’t see him
again. Theirs is a wonderful love story
but sadly they have only been together a few years. Les’s profile on their blog says “After living
aboard alone for 7 years, I went to America and fell in love!” Les is an amazing
man and is determined to stay on his boat for as long as he can. Jaq is remarkable too coping with everything
and yet still smiling and cheery. It was
a lovely get but it was obvious that
Les was in great pain and I could see that he was tired. We took our leave and wandered back to the
boat. I felt so sad and downhearted but
then I thought about how up-beat Les and Jaq had been and felt that I should to
be more up-beat for them.
We decided to move on and headed up to Leighton Lock and then up into a
big loop to get away from the railway where we moored for the night.
I was really surprised to see so many cherries at the top of this tree. Usually the birds have eaten them all before now.
3.47 miles
2 locks
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