A quick trip to Slapton waterpoint, then headed back on Sunday.
The washing machine has packed up, which means a trip back to Fenny Stratford for a new one, not happy. Hopefully a quick delivery and back to the cruising plan.
Monday 18th
Beautiful weather, and lots of boats about. Good to see some sort of normality once again.
Cruise to Stoke Hammond, stop just above the lock for a night, move on tomorrow.
Moved today. Filled with water, stocked up with shopping and managed to grab a mooring opposite the canoe club at Leighton Buzzard for a few days.
Nice to finally see some of the offside overgrowth cut back. Now we just need a dredging policy. Live in hope.
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Moved, filling with water at Three Locks, then up through the locks and on to Leighton Buzzard. Managed to find a gap just below Town lock, so will stop here for a day or two whilst the crap weather comes through.
Moved on to Fenny Stratford. Water and shopping topped up. Beautiful weather. Moored the south side of Fenny lock for a few days, then move on again Thursday no doubt.
Another short cruise today from Campbell Park to Simpson. Filled with water at Peartree which has a problem with water pressure, took almost 3hrs to fill.
Then on to Simpson.
Still suffering from depth issues, at times it felt as if we were going over speed bumps. Going to be an issue this year during the summer I think. Canal and River Trust will need to prepare their weak excuses.
Hopefully Three Locks works will be completed in the next few days enabling transit south. Though rumour has it the works will overrun
Spent a few days at Gifford, then mooched down the canal over a week before grabbing a mooring at Campbell Park. Grab some shopping and collect post.
Also need to get a new prism for one of the Nikons which I stupidly broke when cleaning. Expensive repair and won't make that mistake again.
Very quiet here which is unusual. Lots of boats on the move, mainly new ones.
