Sat 1st July 2006 Jannock left Newbury heading West with Margaret (our neighbour) as conscripted crew. The sun was hot and there was very little wind to take the heat away. Did Town Lock as solo but had another boat arrive to ascend as we were leaving so we waited at the next lock for them and shared the next 3 together. We decided not to stop for lunch as it would only get hotter as the day went on so we continued on to Kintbury where I planned to moor against the bank, in the shade, to complete the paint work repairs on the other side of Jannock. (Our temporary mooring in Newbury is on the mill stream and so it is not practical to turn Jannock round on the mooring). Once at Kintbury, Margaret and Brenda went off to find the cream teas near the church whilst I got on with the chores. We were moored next to nb Kanbedun Again, owned and solo cruised by Linda. She hails from the Llangollen canal but intends to stay south for a while. She is promoting solo female boating by setting up a self help group where each member has email and phone contact details for the other members of the group. I am happy to pass on details from any list members (female of course) who wish to be involved. A terrific evening meal was taken at the Dundas Arms in the company of George and Adele Pearson. The prices on the menu here seemed on the high side but all is explained when the meal arrives. The combination of superb food, 4 real ales and no smoking certainly put this establishment in my top ten.
Sun 2nd July 2006 This morning I was rudely awoken by "the 5 o'clock duck", I wouldn't mind but I hadn't ordered it, just one noisy bu&&er and no shotgun ;^( After breakfast we set of Eastwards back towards Newbury. I had noticed on the list that we should be on the lookout for nbs Nutwood and Hakuna Matata who were both supposed to be in the Newbury area. As it turned out, I walked right past John & Judith's boat Nutwood, moored above Town lock, without realising it and was severely admonished by Brenda. Judith came down towards the lock for a quick chat until the lock was ready. They appeared to have set up camp in the shade on the 24 hour moorings. Once Jannock was in town lock, the Newbury carnival procession started to cross Northbrook bridge, right in front of us, so I just cracked one paddle slightly and we watched the procession whilst taking 20+ minutes to descend. We found nb Hakuna Matata moored by the park and were hailed by Terry and Sue as they were just heading into town. Once back on the mooring, we had an evening meal in the shade of the building and enjoyed the coolth. Graham Keens http://www.jannock.org.uk If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
