At 9.00 the church bells started and we had a lovely 15 minutes of bell ringing really nice on Easter Sunday.
So at 9.40 we set off knowing we had the 7 locks of the Buckby flight to do.
At the bottom lock we paired up with a couple on a hire boat, during the normal conversation at locks it turns out that they have just brought some shares in a new boat with carefree cruising who we had shares in one of there boats for 7 years before we brought Tacet. We wish them many weeks happy cruising on there boat
Just before the last lock of the flight is a lovely canal art shop which sells lots of fantastic boat related art stuff so I had a quick look round and we decided to head back when we moored at the top of the flight.
We walked back and met the lovely lady who does the art, we picked a lovely beer barrel (empty) and it still had its brass tap attached and a flower tub. We Think they look lovely on Tacet
Just behind us is Reckless the boat that Guy Martin built, this was on TV programme a while ago, so I had a chat with the new owner he has installed a lovely Lister Gardner engine inside Reckless and it sounds great.
So as the day draws to a close with the sun in the sky, a beer in hand its the end of another fantastic day.
Total Distance Travelled is 18 Miles, 14 Locks and 1 Tunnel Total Time 9 Hours We are Loving It
Hi Clinton, Sharon and Eddy the Cat, I'm just catching up in Blog Land and see you've set off on your way. I wish you a happy year of cruising and hope we meet up with you somewhere along the way.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie, yes a very slow start to the adventure, we will be making for Birmingham first.
DeleteWe hope to meet you both and share a beer or 3.
Glad to see the pen business is going well.
Ahoy there x. Sounds a perfect Easter treat . We remember going through the longggggg and wet dark tunnel with you on a different boat ... Happy memories .... Love to all x
ReplyDeleteThe tunnel has not got any drier, yes indeed happy memories we hope to see you soon.
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