Its that time again, canals, locks, rivers, filling the water tank, pumping out other tank!!!, obsessively watching the battery charge, finding and arguing about the best moorings, wild life, new places, new people and hopefully lots of sunny days . We spent some time on Merlot in the Marina in March, Cambridgeshire, doing all the little boring jobs and set off on Monday 28th March around 9am. The sun was shining so we took that as a good omen. We travelled along the the middle levels waterways which ultimaltely ends in a cul de sac - around 40 miles away. We will turn around there and return after exploring the towns and villages along the way. We also hope to moor up for a while to do some much needed repair to the exterior paintwork, window frames etc.
Last night we moored up outside a tidal lock in a small village called Salters Lode. We walked into the town of Downham Market - took about 45 min on a very dodgy road and had a drink at a very nice pub. We then spoiled things by deciding to get a take away - Trev tried Indian and I had chinese - both dreadfull - serves us right as we had food on board.
We are booked to go through the lock at high tide around 3pm today. Its a lovely sunny day so just pottering around washing windows and such boring stuff.
Just figured out how to add photos, here is Merlot moored up with the tidal lock in the background just waiting to go through when the tide is right.
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