Autumn 2019

Monday 16th September

Here we go on the autumn leg of our travels.

We have had a glorious spell at home with grandchildren, family and friends keeping us busy as well as a great few days in France visiting our old narrowboat chums, Sara and Pete, who now own a Dutch steel cruiser, which they took over the Channel at the beginning of the season to cruise the French waterways.  Sadly for them,  their season has been cut short due to lack of water on many of the French canals. They made it as far as the Loire region, rather nice! However, we had a great time on board Marina and also getting to know the surrounding area under stunning blue skies and hot sun. We also sampled far too much of the local wine.

Marina moored in Briare

Back on board Hunters Moon, however, we find ourselves with overcast skies and spells of drizzle as we left Fenny Marina on Monday afternoon. The morning had been spent preparing the boat for our trip and  stocking up with provisions before setting off towards Braunston. From there we will head to Gayton Junction and on to the Northampton Arm. We are then hoping to make it as far as Peterborough.

Earth moving for HS2 alongside the Oxford Canal

As our readers know from the past these are our plans but sometimes they do not work out quite as we intended.

ps

I apologise for there being no conclusion to our summer travels on the blog. I am not at all sure why that was but rest assured we did make it back to Fenny safely after passing through Hawkesbury Junction, which appears to be the last post. The tablet on which it is typed is getting rather old and grumpy now so it might be a case of the writer also getting old and grumpy when the machine stopped working efficiently.