Well it's been a wonderful couple of weeks since our last
blog.
We have had a visit from our eldest son Justin and grandson
Hudson who came up to see us on Tuesday the 16th whilst we were moored at Braunston. As they were staying till Sunday we had plans of what we could do
with them.
We know from their last visit how much Hudson had enjoyed the Tiger
club in Daventry so on Wednesday we went there.
It was a wet morning and the
place was packed with kids and their parents, Hudson had a really great time
playing on the slides, ropes and swings.
Thursday we had decided to go to Gulliver’s Adventure land
In Milton Keynes. It has a lot of rides
that are suitable for young children. I thought Hudson might have been a wee
bit scared of some of the rides but he absolutely loved them all the only
people scared were his Dad and Granddad. Hudson’s first ride was the carousel,
he then went on the Runaway train and screamed from the moment it set off, but
when we got off he told his Nanny that he wants
to do all the fast rides which he did mostly with his dad and he loved
every single ride he is a very brave adventurous lad.
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| Granddad,Hudson & Dad. |
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| Hudson Loved This One Not SureDad Did |
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| Smiles all The Way Round. |
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| Enjoying The Dodgems |
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| The Runaway Train |
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| Dad & Hudson |
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| Loving It |
Friday we went to Rugby for the day to look around some shops
so we could spoil Hudson, this we did and he was very pleased with his new
teenage Ninja Turtle pyjamas and big bag of plastic soldiers.
Saturday was a lazy day on board Tacet with Hudson helping Nanny do some cooking
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| The Benefits Of Helping Nanny Is |
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| I Get To Lick The spoon. |
Sunday came to
quickly as we had to say our goodbyes to Justin and our wonderful grandson
Hudson, as usual at this time there was tear’s from Nanny & Granddad even
though we know we will be seeing them soon as we are approach the end of our year’s adventure and will be heading back to Suffolk to join
the rat race again !!!.
Monday morning we set off for a short cruise, in fact it was
very short as after one hour we found some lovely moorings and moored up. We
are moored near to Onley Young offenders Institution centre and not much else.
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| Tacet With Onley Detention Centre & Country House In Background |
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| Our Moorings For 2 Nights |
We stayed
here till Wednesday then cruised off to Hillmorton in fabulous sunshine it was
a really wonderful days cruising.
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| Lovely scenery |
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| Great Tree House |
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| Blue Skies |
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| A Boat leaving The Top Locks |
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| Hillmorton Top Locks |
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| Towards The Bottom Locks |
We went down the 3 locks winded and reversed
to the water point, filled with water got rid of rubbish and other waste! and
set off back up the 3 locks to moor for the night. Thursday we set off again in
wonderful sunshine but a bit more of a chill in the air and moored at our
Monday night mooring spot.
Friday we stayed put as Sharon has come down with a nasty
cold so I polished one side of Tacet.
Today Saturday we set off back to Braunston for a couple of days we put the washing on and set off in sunny weather but with a bit of a breeze and moored in Braunston around lunch time.
Time Travelled Monday 22nd 1 Hr Distance Travelled 3 Miles 0 Locks.
Time Travelled Wednesday 24th 3 Hrs Distance Travelled 4.5 Miles 6 locks
Time Travelled Thursday 25th 1.5 Hrs Distance Travelled 3.5 Miles 0 Locks
Time Travelled Saturday 27th 1 Hr Distance Travelled 3 Miles
Total Distance Travelled 1074.5 Miles
207 Locks (Broad ) 528 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock
Total Tunnel length 10957 yards
Total Time 572.5 hours
We Are Loving it So Much
