Braunston

Thur 25 Sep

Late start in bright sun but quite chilly, not getting away until 11am.  We managed to reunite the sheep with its rightful owner as we tiptoes through Barby Mooring along the straight. As we made our way we were to meet 7 other boats including a CRT work boat. At Braunston Turn we went left into the village but unlike last time we had no plans to visit the Boat House pub we had to look for a towpath mooring and none were visible as we made our way down to Branston Marina entrance to wind, however the bridge across the entrance to the canal is closed but there is still room for a 57 foot boat to turn with ease.

I spotted a friends boat moored up by Butchers Bridge so I considered mooring along side him and reversed up, but as I approached the bridge I could see the “disabled” moorings the far side of the bridge were free so pulled in there. As I would not be leaving Harnser if by chance a disabled person required the mooring I could move.
I spent the afternoon stripping the toilet pan to fit a new trap seal I had bought on eBay, needles to say it didn’t fit, so I cleaned everything and refitted the old seal only for it to leak worse than before.

Todays Journey
6 miles with no locks in 2¼ hours