Hi Brian! How much did you have to pay the "Landlord" of the moorings to leave your boat on Graham's mooring? Did you get a key for the gate? According to Graham, I understand that his "mooring landlord" is not a very nie person!.~Allan~
-- In [email protected], Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date - 06 /05/08 > Day - Tuesday > Start - 0815 Cowley Peachey > End - Bourn End 1700 > The day started warm and got warmer, brighter and generally more > summer like. There was absolutely nothing moving about all morning and wa > didn't see another boat on the move until we got to Winkwell. The water > at times was so clear that we could see fish below the boat and on one > occasion we spotted a red and white Koi about 15" long. At one lock a > fisherman was fishing just below the lock with his keep net hanging on > the mooring bollard, luckily for all the lock was empty so by dropping > someone at the bridge hole we were able to go straight into the lock. > We stopped for water at Apsley and I put my electricians head on, > reconfigured the 24 volt batteries and connected them to the engine > batteries so they recharged from the 12 volt alternator. This had two > effects, the good one was that we left the boat with fully charged > batteries but the down side was the 24 volt system was disconnected so no > water pump. > At Winkwell the traffic increased dramatically and at the second lock we > were able to share with another boat going up as well as meeting three > coming down. We were going to moor on Grahams mooring at Bourn End but > had to go up through two more locks before we could wind. It was on this > part of the journey that we came across a cruiser that adrift right > across the cut, it had been moored very close to the bridge hole and > looked as if it gad been hit more than once or twice, we remoored it an > few yards further from the bridge. > When we finally moored up on Graham's mooring I reconfigured the > batteries removed the 24 volt alternator and had a well earned show > before going to the pub for dinner before the drive home. > > -- > Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Join SOW and help save our waterways > http://www.saveourwaterways.org >
