Travelled all of about 3 miles today, still loading stuff on - storage boxes, outdoor chairs and tables all to make our life afloat extra comfortable.
Managed to finally connect the satelite dish for tv and actually get a picture - we now have all sorts of channels we dont need; German, French - could be interesting?!
Now on a windy mooring just outside Cropredy, where the Fairport festival is held - we've missed it. Certain of our friends jeer at this oldies and family friendly festival, but we have been once and it was impressive, best beer tent ever and no queues, all the food varieties you could wish for and some of them very good and even clean toilets that you don't have to queue for! Some good music as well! All made even better when you can stagger back to a comfy bed on board. We fear it has veered from the gentle folk style by having acts like Status Quo now though (oh dear).
The field next to me is being harvested, the swifts are scooping insects off the top of the water and boats slide past and say hello. ( well, their owners do!) .......and Pete's cleaning the windows, hurrah! Don't think he'll have much joy scraping the sprayed paint off though, oops.
Cropredy rings a bell. Dad used to live on the banks of the Grand Union at Buckby Wharf (just by the little bridge if you're passing). He had a canal boat so we used to potter up the canals, which is why Cropredy rings that bell!
ReplyDeleteCropredy's on the Oxford canal near where we have our mooring. Buckby wharf is near yes, on the Grand Union. Happy memories, G?
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