Saturday, 9 August 2025

Lock wind

Adrian has gone to a former colleague’s summer party in Mansfield today, so this morning we walked up and got the car.  Adrian then dropped me off at Venetian Marina, which wasn’t quite on his route but didn’t add much to his journey.  I wanted to visit Cholmondeston Lock, because the local branch of the IWA is doing a lock wind weekend, where they work the lock for boaters and do some awareness and fund raising.


I interviewed people for a future podcast, then had lunch at the marina cafe and walked back via Barbridge Junction.  This afternoon I have rubbed down parts of the black below the gunwales and got some primer on, and edited my interviews.  I’ve also walked up to the reservoir, because yesterday we spotted a load of blackberries up there.


They seem early this year, and as we’ve run out of strawberries and blueberries for dessert and breakfast, these will take their place.

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