11.49
Today is moving day for boats and the pontoon all but empties as one by one the boaters move on. It seems 10 am is generally the acceptable time to get out and get on with the day. Chris swings the boat out as well as he can as the river is flowing quickly after the rain the last few days. We are glad we decided to stay put until today.
As ever, we start cruising and then the rain arrives. Thank goodness for our cratch covers which at least keep some of the rain off. They are great on the river but once we arrive on the canals we will probably have to cruise without them as the bridges are too low for us to fit under, but we will see. They are the best items we bought for the boat. It’s like having two conservatories on the boat and gives the boat a real sense of space and so handy especially when raining. It means we have somewhere to take off muddy and wet clothes and boots without messing up the main living area – a real asset on a boat.
Once we arrive, we need to do the usual fill up with water etc so we will just have to wait and see what room there is. Two other narrowboats left ahead of us but I’m not sure where they are intending to make home for their next stop.
12.12
Just wacked my head on the bloody hatch again! ((I’m not laughing. I am not laughing! I will not say anything about it knocking some sense into you. I won’t!))
21.56
Just had time to finish off the blog today. We’ve been for a few walks in the area and then I’ve spent most of the day uploading/downloading/sorting photos, blogs, website and adding behind the scenes content to my Patreon account! ((Oh great. So the idea is people pay you to share thrilling behind the scenes content and see the vlogs early before they go on Youtube? I mean come on Peachy. Honestly you authors live in a dream world! Who wants to see you baking bread on the boat… actually it did smell pretty good. Although it was more the case of the disappearing bread the way you two demolished it))
Anyway, one of the walks crossed paths with the lovely lock keeper. What a delight it was to talk to her about her 25 years narrow boating with her husband; to now her hotel boat holidays and looking after the locks. There are some really amazing people who have lived interesting lives and I’m thankful I get to chat with some of them. Now I really want to do all the canals NOW but also slowly because I don’t want to rush lol.
It’s pitch black outside as I type this and I wonder at anyone across the river who can peer in and see me typing. I’m sure there is some kind of story I could get out of that one. ((Something like the night of the living dead or the swap monster went through their minds I would imagine))
For now. It’s goodnight from me. I’m going to catch up on some tele and chat with friends online before slipping off for hopefully a good night’s sleep 😊 x
Miles/Distance: 4 miles
Locks : 1 (Stoke Baldolph – lockie operated)
Tunnels: 0
Swing Bridges: 0
Spent: £0
Facilities…
Toilets: Yes
Elsan: Yes
Bins: Yes including recycling (had to get rid of that Bailey’s bottle somewhere!)
Showers: no
Waterpoint: yes
General: Lovely lock and well-tended.
C.L. Peache 