The weather as we travelled to the boat it was drizzle most of the way, but no hold ups with traffic.
Once at the boat we had a quick lunch at at 2-30 slid backwards from our mooring, the wooden post suspended from the handrail had done their job stopping us sliding under the pontoon. It looks like the management have installed new guides in the stop plank groves at the entrance to the canal. Last time we were on the boat there was talk of fitting the stop planks to seal off the marina from the canal, but the steel guides were badly distorted where boats entering of leaving the canal have hit them. I hope they don’t plan to fit the planks any time soon.
Once out of the marina we turned left and headed down to Braunston. The level was probably an inch or so down on last trip, We met a few boats including Narrowboat Ellis, Home | Hotel Boat Ellis with Mark at the helm. As we came into Braunston I was able to get a reasonable photo of the level gauge and as you can see its down by about an inch on last time we passed.
Then crossing the bridge at the junction was Kate, so we stopped for a natter with here for a while before going just round the bend on the Grand Union and mooring for the night.
Today’s Journey
4¾ miles with no locks in 1¾ hours
1 comment:
Good to hear about Mark (Ellis). I used to follow his blog and our paths have crossed a couple of times. Alas, he seems to have given up blogging so I have lost touch with his travels. good to know that he is still keeping his business alive. This year must have been a challenge!
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