Showing posts with label Thrupp Wharf to Stoke Bruern. Show all posts
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Monday, 23 May 2011

Floating Christmas Tree


View through galley window - Stoke Bruerne
After a wild, wet and windy start to the day we lost the wet but the wind made for interesting steering. We shared a tier of locks with a boat called Ediburgh Castle whose occupants had just had an encounter with a fisherman whose net became entangled in their prop- he certaily showed his displeasure!

Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
After 12pm the sun came out and it was warm. We spent a very pleasant interlude at the canal museum and wandered down to peruse the Blisworth Tunnel entrance in preparation for tomorrow's trip though its 2,800mts.

Tunnel entrance
After a coffee and a lovely piece of cake we decorated the front of the bow cratch with a string of coloured solar powered lights which worked beautifully after dark

Coloured lights on bow
We had to move the boat to get a satellite signal but no signal for internet and therefore could not post this blog at usual time- hope it was worth waiting for!