We moored up for the weekend near bridge 97 at Fenny Stratford. Was a lovely mooring with a huge park for walking the dogs we wandered to Fenny but it is a bit short on shops etc. Tere is a M & S food outlet at the garage but we didnt need provisions. The weather was a bit grey but who cares. Left Fenny this morning got to Stoke Hammond lock which was against us so after I had emptied it and Paul was in situ just as we were about to leave the lock a boat arrived behind us bad timing on their behalf so we arranged to go slowly so they could catch up with us and share the remaining 4 locks before Leighton Buzzard. They were a lovely couple Australians called Paul and Heather in nb Roxanne an ex Black Prince hire boat. They like us are continuous cruisers on their way to London (like us) where they are going to spend the winter. We moored outside Tesco at L.B. Paul popped into Homebase while I went into Tesco for milk!!!! Heather was off to the launderette so they stayed on the 14 day mooring while we carried on. We are now moored opposite the school and again its lovely and quiet but very cold the fire is taking an age to warm us up must make sure we light the thing before we set off in the morning. Who knows Heather and Paul may catch us up. Have had a few discussions as to how this diesel thing is going to work. We had a leaflet from Yardley wharf and apparently you can declare the split how you like as long as you keep a log and your fuel receipts. So I now make sure that the steaming hours and domestic hours are logged separately so we can work out our ratio. Obviously you will be working in arrears, Paul knows the fuel consumption for steaming, heating etc so is now working out a formula to make it easier for me. How kind of him.
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