How far down are you coming Brian? We are away sailing Friday and Saturday back Saturday PM Time for a beer? J
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Date - Monday > Day - 6 April > Start - 1000 Stoke Hammond > End - 1800 Seabrook Lock > > We left as usual at 10 am as we arrived at Soulbury Three Locks a boat was > just going up in the first lock, but they waited for us in the first > pound, It was the same boat that we had shared Fenny Stratford lock with > yesterday. At the top of the three we left them as they were again saying > goodbye to friends. We did see them once or twice behind us between here > and Leighton Lock, but when we arrived at the lock they were nowhere to be > seen so we locked up alone. Just as we left the lock they arrived below it > but by then there was a wide beamed vessel waiting to go down so the > didn't have all the work to do alone. > We stopped to do some shopping at Tesco and Home Base and probably spent > two hours moored there having a bit of dinner before we set off. We > carried on alone to just above Slapton Lock where we moored as Diana > fancied going to the Carpenters Arms, as it was Monday I suggested that > she rings them to see if they were doing food, it turned out that they > don't do food on Monday or Tuesday nights. While we were moored there a > community boat came passed and winded at the winding hole by the bridge, > we had set off again long before they were round and we expected them to > moor for the night, however as we entered Horton Lock I saw they were > behind us so I tucked round behind the bottom gate and let them in beside > us. They had just closed the gate and we started to fill the lock when the > lady from > the boat we had shared with this morning came running up, she didn't know > we were in the lock and thought the other boat was alone. We continued up > together as far a Seabrook Lock 34 where at it was 6 o'clock we decided to > moor for the night and let the community boat full of Boy Scouts continue > on alone. Once they had gone we turned the lock for the boat that was > following us, but they decided to moor for the night just above the lock. > The evening has been quite noisy as there is a Peacock roosting in the > tree beside the boat, I hope he doesn't get up to early in the morning. > > > > You will find our latest position at > http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route > -- > Brian > > > > ------------------------------------ >
