We had a nice evening with the Provincetown boys, including a look at their boat, which is beautiful. It was very misty this morning when we set off at around 8. None of the other boats pointing our way showed any signs of life, so we set off down the locks on our own.
As usual on this flight, some locks were full and others empty. We completed the flight by 9.30.
At the bottom, there was a lovely boat moored up.
We hadn’t seen any boats at all on the flight, but then they came thick and fast. Similarly, the sun had also burnt off the mist and it had turned into a lovely day. At Weedon a site on the offside is being cleared — not sure what will be going in here.
We made a diesel stop at Rugby Boats, where the price has gone up to 84.9p per litre basic. Just after Heyford Fields Marina, a hire boat coming the other way had got stuck on a rock, and we waited while a boat behind them helped pull them off. Towards Gayton Junction I spotted a heron which had just caught a fish.
At Blisworth, the widebeam trip boat from The marina was moored right in front of the bridge so you couldn’t see anything. The boat in front of us had had to take avoiding action when a boat came through the other way and ended up aground close to the mill building. It all took a while to sort out. How the trip boat thinks this is a suitable mooring, I have no idea.
We passed one boat in Blisworth Tunnel, then did the two locks down to the long pound where we moored. We walked back to the village and called in to see Kathryn, then on to see Jenny and Pete on Momentous, which was moored above the locks. Back at the boat, we washed and polished the other side which was no on the towpath, and then Jenny and Pete joined us for a drink. We all ended up going to The Navigation for dinner together — one of those great evenings that’s all the better for being unplanned. On the way back to the long pound, the moon looked great above the lock, and a boat was coming down in the dark, it’s headlight lighting up the gate.
16 miles, 8 locks. (278 miles, 265 locks)
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