A short run today. The plan is breakfast at 10, through the Long Buckby top lock, water/loo , through Braunston tunnel, down half of the Braunston locks and moor in the pound below the Admiral Nelson pub.
Then we will make a decisions as to shopping, dining and the pursuit if happiness.
That's the plan.
Very pleasant half hour on waterpoint in company of Mickey Cole who used to build boats round the Tring area. He enquired after Chris and Gill and their boat Eulalie which he built.
Watered up and the sun blazing we set off for the tunnel. Ady wants to steer so I'm on headlight duty. The run up to Braunston
tunnel is one of my favourite bits of canal and the trip through was smooth. Met three boats coming the other way which gave Adrian the bragging rights as I had none through Blisworth yesterday .
Four locks and moored up.
Walked 25 minutes up the hill to Braunston village-golly was it hot!-to buy stuff for bbq -had a reviver in the pub that isn't the Wheatsheaf and did the shopping. Braunston has a great butchers so the return walk was heavy laden but downhill
A drink with Roy, Annie and Adrian in the Admiral Nelson and returned to the boats for bbq. Silly noses were sported by the more infantile in the group.
First rain for a long while presumably some Deity is seeing a portent consequent upon the birth of a new Ponce . Sorry, Prince.
Retired hurt about 11ish. Meaningful rain and thunderstorm overnight.
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