Everyone seemed to be on the move early today — probably to beat the forecast rain. As I got ready to go at 8.45 a boat came past, and then just as I was setting I had to wait for another to come through the bridge. Before the junction, I passed three more. There was going to be quite a queue at Cholmondeston Lock at 9am on a Sunday! It was actually brighter than I expected, and the light just after I’d turned out of the junction was quite attractive.
I was aiming for either set of moorings by Hurleston Junction. The northern ones had a couple of boats on them, but one seemed to be making moves to leave. I crept forward, and could see through the bridge that the south moorings were full. So I reversed back into the spot the other boat had just left. The shelf under the water means were so far out from the bank that even our tyres would be useless — but I’ve put a fender on a very long rope between the shelf and our baseplate, to reduce the scraping.
Adrian arrived back in the car about 12.30, so I walked up the locks to meet him. We had lunch and then headed out in the car to get some food in, and drop off a parcel. After we’d brought our shopping back, we took the car back to its hiding place — so we’ve walked up and down the locks numerous times. It’s been raining most of the afternoon, but not particularly heavily.
2 miles, 0 locks. (19 miles, 0 locks)
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