As Ian wanted to continue touching the blacking on the hull, there seemed little point in moving yesterday. The Wide is an ideal place for dealing with both sides of the boat, with the width and depth of water making it ideal.. Having polished the port side, next job was to wind Freespirit. The wind had picked up again but Ian did the perfect turn and as he came level with the mooring, the wind pushed him neatly sideways and straight into the gap.Once ropes were tied, Ian got out the paint to touch up the hull and I tried the TV. Would you credit it. We were in the same place but pointing in a different direction and the picture kept breaking up! So after shoeing away these ducks, we moved the boat forward by 3 feet and got the picture back.
Doug and James also decided to stay for the day and as Doug wanted a paper he, James and Ian set of for the village. This gave me an opportunity to catch up on the Olympics and do a spot of fishing. Later that day we all had another session of drinks and nibbles before dinner but this time on our boat. We exchanged recipes, as you do, and by 7pm we all went our separate ways to catch up on the Olympics..
This morning it was time to say farewell to the lads. We loved this weekend with them and we will miss the constant laughter and their great sense of humour. So after winding the boat again we made our way to Great Haywood junction and onward to Fradley.
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| Doug making sure we left!!!!! |
The turn onto the T&M was a doddle. The breeze died down just as we got there so we had
No Problem ( Yes Sue I mean you te he ) about turning right.
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| Great Haywood Junction |
A boat had just come out of Haywood lock, which was a bonus, but as we approached Colwich lock a boat shot out in front of us and straight into the other bank.
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| No one at the helm. They were trying to free themselves at the bow. |
After a considerable delay as we couldn't even get off the boat to help, they managed to free themselves and we were once again on our way. The lock was a nightmare. Its the first time in in months that we have had to queue. 4 boats in front and even more waiting below. Must have take best part of 45 mins! As you can imagine. We didn't make Fradley after all, stopping instead at Rugely.
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| Rugely |
So we set up the satellite dish and settled down to watch the cross country when we suddenly had a knock on the window. It was Paul and Jacquie on Nb Saphire. ( It is the correct spelling ). Its amazing that in 5 days we have met so many of old friends as well as fellow bloggers. After tea and biscuits they departed for Shugborough, while we went back to watching the Olympics.
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| A white signet amongst the greys. |
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| Unique way of mooring!!! |
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| What has happened to the veg pledge? The towpath is there somewhere, honest! |
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| Should we have more like this? |
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