Great reports, where is your new mooring ??
----- Original Message ----- From: Keens, Graham, VF UK - Technology (MP) To: [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: [canals-list] A slow weekend, day 2 I was up and out doing a Di Blasi car shuffle at a quarter to seven. As I rode up the A5 towards Cosgrove, the dawn sky was a bright orange ball in the rear view mirror. I remember hoping the weather would hold until we got to Marsworth. As I arrived back at Stoke Hammond the activity indicated a fishing match was being set up, so we breakfasted and set off before they started. We went up Soulbury 3 solo with down coming boats being passed through each lock. The fishing competition seemed to stretch all the way from our overnight mooring to the Globe Inn. Passed through Linslade without stopping as Wyvern Shipping was closed and then managed to share Grove lock with another boat. The smells emitted by the pub persuaded us that we would need our lunch soon. Continued on through pleasant country side and tried to ignore the fact that the wind was getting stronger. We met up with Bletchley and Argus and finally managed to fill the tank at 49ppl. Great fun with the strong headwind as they we moored at a (lack of depth) angle from the bank and Jannock wanted to swing across the canal whilst filling. As we passed Pitstone Wharf Brenda got shouted at by the steerer of the wide beam trip boat because she hadn't anticipated him coming around the bend and suddenly appearing through the over hanging willow tree. Oh well, you can't please them all. We finally arrived at Marsworth just before 5pm having shared the last three locks with a nice couple on an OS craft, the name of which started with an S and I have forgotten. Home at 6pm to try Brenda's version of the 'curry goat' I had at Beale Park. She used lamb as it is more readily available in Thame. If the weather is good, we should make it to the new mooring next weekend. Graham www.jannock.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
