This weekend we had three days on Jannock. On Sunday, we met up with Simon, Matt and Phaedra in Braunston and then transported them to Jannock so that we could take them back to their car by boat. This is the first time for several years that we have had the whole family cruising together. Simon is celebrating the achievement of being in full-time employment after 20 years of full-time education and Matt wanted a break from his exam revision ( we believe he really wanted to test drive his soon-to-be short term accommodation). Once Jannock was unlocked and ready to move, Brenda walked up to Cosgrove lock to prepare it whilst I untied and asked a passing Alvechurch hire craft if they minded us sharing the lock with them. They agreed and we joined them only to discover that Philip Ridel (BW Finance Director who had dealt with our Cropredy mooring increase complaint two years ago) was on board. Brenda advises all to consult him before going cruising in future as he obviously knows how to arrange good weather although we were concerned that he remembered and recognised us after all that time. Due to the latish start we had a target destination of Stoke Bruerne where we ascended the flight on our own and moored up in order to celebrate Simon's employment status with a meal in the Boat restaurant. We all heartily recommend their fixed price three course dinner, the selection was good, they were flexible on choices when requested and the quality was excellent. We returned to Jannock where a traditional Sunday night game of Soddit was played whilst the boys devoured all the spirits we had on board. They definitely DON'T take after their Dad.
Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
