We finished our trip last Friday as we had seen the weather forecast for the weekend that did not look good again- high wind and rain. We therefore decided to go into our new mooring at Calcutt Marina a bit earlier than planned. Totals to day 51 are 170 locks and 346 miles which gives an average of 2.73 lock miles per hour for our trip. The staff in the marina office were very welcoming and sorted out our cars dead battery without any problem- an excellent start.
On looking back its again the people you meet that makes the trip so memorable although there were a few occasions when we have been going through locks and the crews of other boats (not always hire boats) have just waited for you to finish before they come along to do their bit- I was tempted to shut the gates as we left!- luckily they are in the minority and hopefully will stay that way.
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| In a field near Lower Shuckburgh- we saw several of these scary kites tethered presumably to keep birds away |
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| Near bridge 84 as you approach Braunston is the ghost of a signal post which has lasted for at least 50 years since it last saw a train on the old Great Central Railway And finally a few more boat names to finish with |
