18th July 2011 - And We're Off, Again?

A good time away from the water, got a number of business things organised and found time to consume as much of the Jones's beer and food as possible. A good birthday celebration, thank you Chris and Sarah. Oh yes, nearly forgot, got to see Penny too!

Is it me (and the lack of travelling by train that I do) or is the rail network really good these days? A fairly stress free trip from Rugby to Blackwater and back using three trains, it seemed to work pretty well! And if you book early enough you seem to get some really good prices too! Memo to self, learn to book early!

Anyway, I'm back where I belong, and the fridge stayed working the whole weekend! Battery charger working a treat if you switch it on properly!

I got to Crick (in the pouring rain) at 1330, got onto the boat and thought about what to do, during this process the rain stopped, so I decided to walk into Crick to stock up the fridge from the Coop. This done, water topped, flowers watered, howling wind direction studied, I managed to get the boat back onto canal without hitting anything. It was a bit close, thought I was going to get blown to the end of the marina at one point, but some heavy rpm's and I managed to look as if I knew what I was doing.

I cruised steadily along the very rural Leicester section summit for 3 hours, saw only about 5 other boats on the move and tied up in the middle of nowhere. It kept trying to rain again, but never quite managed it.

Life in the middle of nowhere:

Today:  6.5 miles -     0 locks -     3 hours
So Far: 518 miles - 401 locks - 261 hours