It has been a very long day. It started at 6am with a 20 minute walk along the towpath to the marina, where the car was. I drove to Bicester, filled up with fuel, and picked up Andy and all his photographic clobber. It was then a three hour drive up the M6 to Reedley Marina in Lancashire for a boat test.
Once that was done, we headed east, across the border first into North Yorkshire and then West Yorkshire to Apperley Bridge Marina for a second boat test. En route we passed the Damart factory chimney which is right beside the canal, and saw signs for the Bingley 5 Rise locks, and Saltaire.
It was 5.30 by the time that one was done, and another three hour drive down the M1 to Bicester, to drop Andy at his car. I filled up with petrol again, then went to get some chips from the chippy in one of the new developments there. Then it was back to the marina, and another 20 minute walk back to the boat. There was a spectacular sunset to look at as I walked, which looked best from the cornfield alongside the boat.
In total, I’ve driven about 430 miles, which is more than 8 hours at the wheel. Plus a few boat miles along two sections of the Leeds and Liverpool canal about 40 miles apart.
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