Well we made it, we are moored up in the pound between locks 15 and 16 at Stoke Bruene. Had a lovely journey no wind and sunshine. Had to stop at Yardley marina for a gas bottle and more elsan. Caught up with nb Shannen who were just going into their home mooring there, before heading back to Sittingbourne. While at the marina enquired about boat blacking prices, and the dock is booked solid until June so will have to give them a miss as we need to get it done asap. Looks like it will be Hilmorton for the job. (if we can get in there of course must ring them)
We are going to tackle the tunnel tomorrow and then probably make for Weedon stay there until after the weekend, that will give everyone time to get going again after the stoppage at Buckby. Then we are on the last leg before Braunston.
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- After years of working,Paul and I retired early. I worked in accounts departments and Paul spent 39 years as an Electrical Mechanical engineer in the industrial refrigeration industry. Paul also served time as a refrigeration engineer officer with P&O, to-ing and fro-ing to NZ. In 2001 we decided to move to Spain where we bought an old Spanish finca that needed total renovation. We took our 1500 Goldwing with us to Spain planning to explore the country. But because of the amount of work that needed doing to the finca we were unable to get full use of our lovely motorbike. So it was shipped back to England where it was sold. It took us 3 1/2 years to finish the house, by which time Paul was hankering after another bike so we bought a new Honda VTX 1300 cruiser which was a pleasure to use with our biker friends. In 2007 the writing was on the wall so we decided to return to the UK and bought our lovely narrowboat which was a big step for me as I had never dreamt of living on a narrowboat. Paul has had sailing boats in the past and regulary crewed on a Medway Bawley Gaffer and raced in many local events. We are continuous cruisers planning to explore as much as we can.
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