North Kilworth Marina appears to be open and full of water, but without any boats. Just here we caught up with a hire boat from Weedon, which had waited for a boat to come through the narrows by the wharf. Even after the wharf they continued on tickover, but soon waved us past on a long straight stretch. A few minutes later we reached Husbands Bosworth Tunnel.
We passed a boat inside the tunnel, then carried on in lovely warm sunshine through very attractive countryside. We got to the top of Foxton at about 1pm, and moored up on the 2 day moorings where there was plenty of space. Since then, some boats have left but more have arrived so it’s pretty much full. This afternoon we walked down to the locks to get an ice cream from the cafe at the top, then sat watching the boats. There were four coming up. The two staircases of five locks have a pound in the middle, which can have some unusual currents because of the lock water having just been emptied into it. The first boat up came out of the bottom staircase with so littl power on that she nearly ended up across the pound.
Near the bottom of the site of the inclined plane is a bronze model of the area.
We walked back up to the top, talking on the way to the owners of an ex-OwnerShips share boat which is on its way to the Crick Show, then walked round the other side and over the bridge back to the boat. Since then we’ve been lounging on the well deck in the sunshine. The boat moored in front of us is called Gilbert the Pig, and hardly a walker has gone by without mentioning the name!
13 miles, 0 locks. (44 miles, 21 locks)
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