Last night we met up with Graham and Brenda for a first class Indian meal at The Spice Lounge and had flavours I have not had before.Spice Lounge Rugby We ate quite early but even at 6pm the pavements were icy.
During the night I got up for my normal wee and heard the unmistakable sound of being on a boat surrounded by ice and when we got up it was even worse, so we resigned our selves to staying here for
a few days. I am not adverse to breaking a bit of ice but didn’t really want to strip the blacking. As the day progressed it warmed and a little before lunch the first boat passed, then while we were having lunch a second. I rang the marina to find out the situation there, lots are not happy having boats move in ice but they reported it was reasonably clear at the moment but with the forecast it would probably be the last chance this week, so at 1pm we set off towards the locks with a view to winding above the top lock, I have never tried before and we are too long, so it was down 3 locks, wind and then back up three locks to where we started from, just over an hour. We met another boat coming up the locks but that was the only one we saw on the move while we were moving. A good run back to the marina with the ice all broken and getting thinner. The marina entrance was completely free of ice with only very thin ice down at the far end, so rather than going all the way round the marina and into our berth we went through the swing bridge and winded 360° into our slot tying up just on 3pm.
Today’s Journey
3¼ miles with 6 locks in 2 hours
The total journey this trip
19 nights 100 miles and 52 locks
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