I’m so glad that we had fine weather for Matt’s celebration. We woke to find a few new leaks in Jannock’s windows that we never knew we had. The morning was spent housekeeping in order to avoid going out in the rain. We were pleasantly surprised how little cleaning was required after Matt and a few friends had been using the boat as a bunk house. The nice shower at the Sani station was also used before we convinced ourselves that the weather was cheering up and so we set off at midday. We were wrong and 12:30 saw us tied up at Rufford sitting out more rain. Talking to a local boater moored here we found out that our BW nastygram we received a few weeks ago may have been instigated by a local resident who backs onto the canal at the moorings – obviously a resident that does not enjoy the proximity of boats. We walked up to Rufford Hall in a last attempt to visit but no joy, closed Thursdays and Fridays. At 2pm we gave in and set off regardless of the weather. Surrender was mutual and we didn’t get wet. We travelled up onto the L&L and turned East back through Parbld and Appely bridge to moor for the night near Crooke. Scent of the day – fields full of Camomile doused with organic semi-solid fertiliser – smelt just like socks worn by rugby players for a month. Graham www.jannock.org.uk
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