Friends Aboard NB Tacet: Fenny Crompton & Help Down The Napton Locks

We had a good few days a Fenny Crompton, the village has a very good co-op which we used a couple of times. It was very blustery for a few days so we stayed put waiting for the weather to improve which it finally did. We untied on the 28th and headed towards Napton on The Hill to spend a few days before moving on to Braunston where we are expecting a weekend visit from my niece Hannah, Mike and their lovely daughter Elsie May.

We had help down the Napton flight of locks by our lock wheeling friends Kevin & Shirley and we moored up just after 2.00 PM. The wind had died down nicely whilst we cruised but was picking up when we moored. Thanks again Kevin & Shirley.
There is a lovely little shop in Napton which sells lots of supplies for the boater it also sells very reasonably priced bags of logs.
So on the 3rd February and after a few days at Napton we untied went through the last lock and started the cruise to Braunston it was a lovely day and all to soon we were at Braunston.

Napton Junction

Lower Shuckburgh Church

On Friday Kevin & Shirley came over and we enjoyed a very good meal at The Boathouse pub.
Saturday the 6th we awaited the arrival of our guest's and at around 2.30 they arrived. We had decided to eat out again at the Boathouse for the evening and again another good meal was enjoyed by us all.

On Saturday my lovely niece Hannah and Mike along with dear little Elsie May came for the weekend. We enjoyed a nice meal at the Boathouse that evening.
We went back to the boat and Elsie May was so excited that she didn't want to go to sleep and at 11.00 PM Elsie May finally went to sleep.

Sunday morning we decided to go for a short cruise which was very pleasant and we returned to Braunston.
Mike was given the tiller and although he was a bit apprehensive at first but he handled Tacet very well.
Elsie may had lots of fun feeding the ducks through the side hatch and when the time came for them to leave Elsie May didn't want to go.
So we said our goodbyes and waved them off. We had a very enjoyable weekend with Hannah, Mike & Elsie May.