This morning we were up and setting off by 8am, retracing our steps to Hurleston Junction. There were no gaps on the moorings south of the junction, but no boats at all north of it, so we tied up there. The next job was to take the cratch cover off, as it’s going for an alteration — and as it had rained overnight it needed a dry off first. Then we walked up to where the car is being kept, and drove down to Market Harborough. We’d arranged to meet Keith Wilson in a car park to hand over the cratch cover, then walked down to the canal where a floating market was taking place.
We first located Andy and Helen on the Jam Butty and dropped our things in their boat. Then we had a good look round. Purchases included a print of a painting by one of the artists there, Emma Bradley, and a pizza from the pizza boat for lunch. I did a load of interviews for a future podcast too. Once the punters had faded away, we joined Andy and Helen for drinks and then dinner on board, plus plenty of the usual chat. We drove home and walked down the locks, arriving back at the junction just as the sun was setting over the reservoir.
2 miles, 0 locks. (72 miles, 20 locks)
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