Not quite so misty this morning but cooler than of late, we were away about half ten, it wasn’t long before I spotted a canoe ahead in the mist, at first I thought it was coming towards us but then it disappeared into the mist and round the bend, here we found 3 canoes and a collection of walkers.
A little further on we met another canoe, at first I thought it had an electric coming towards us, but it turned out it was paddle powered, something like this FeelFree Moken 12.5 V2 Angler PDL - Pedal Drive Fishing Sit On Top Kayak
I think this marker donated the boundary of CRTs ownership, is so they only own half the width of the towpath, probably when it was put in the canal was further away.
A short way before Foxton Junction is a rather small winding hole, well its even smaller today as there is a boat moored across it.
In case you are wondering what the notice says its here
Foxton is a controlled mooring area and CRT have gone to a lot of trouble making sure boaters are aware with large notices as you enter the area.
The notices on the posts at the moorings reinforce the message, I have no idea how many £25 the Trust have collected?
A brief stop at the junction while we Diana took the recycling to the bins ,opening the swing bridge on her return and we made our way towards Market Harborough. I worked the next swing bridge which is bit of a bugger being a road bridge and quite heavy. We carried on down to the basin and winded, we were going to moor just outside the basin but thanks to git gaps there was only one space under overhanging trees so we carried on back a bit towards Foxton having a kingfisher flitting up ahead of us. If you look closely you will see leaves are already breaking out. Luckily I had the camera out ready to photograph the corner of this garden with its little mushrooms so was ready for the Kingfisher.
We moored on the next length of vacant piling.
Today’s journey
9¾ miles with no locks in 3½ hours
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