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Post by larkboy on May 6, 2018 13:13:49 GMT
Well, we're out for the bank holiday weekend and it couldn't be better. We set off Friday evening and stopped on the GOBA mornings on the Lark, just before the junction with the Ouse, then yesterday morning we headed for Aldreth High Bridge, and the GOBA moorings here on the Old West, which is where we are stopping until ambling back tomorrow. We got a second rescue Brittany Spaniel last week, so it was her first boat trip, and both of them are loving it🙂 Hope the rest of you are enjoying the weather as much as we are...👍
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Post by peterboat on May 6, 2018 14:52:14 GMT
We are indeed, at Pastures John V has just arrived, so we are going to spark up the BBQ and have a few Sherbets and a spot of something cooked to perfection on the Webber
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Post by naughtyfox on May 6, 2018 15:29:48 GMT
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Post by patty on May 6, 2018 17:18:06 GMT
Its more than possible...in fact highly probable that the inner teenager took control to-day and I waded through retreating tide, clambered over rocks, staggered up a few hills and sprinted over the straight to be the first woman up at far end of the Worms Head...closely followed by 2 young ladies whilst the dozen or so blokes I passed on my way back had waited for the Causeway to clear.....   |
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Post by patty on May 6, 2018 17:19:21 GMT
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Post by patty on May 6, 2018 17:22:00 GMT
I was gonna be mature but theres summit about this place that draws me..theres the view from the cliff path..I got right to far end up on top of that hill..tad tired now and have couple blisters....course would rather be on a boat but failing that...  |
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Post by twbm2 on May 6, 2018 18:19:08 GMT
We've been making out garden pond bigger .. ideal weather for shifting about a ton and a half of clay. Not..
Odd start to the day, our fish, about 50 of them, are currently housed in a paddling pool near the back fence, where a footpath runs past. Doorbell rang at 0800, a chap asking if we had a pond as there was a fish on said footpath. It's not easy working out how to get to the fronts of the houses from the back so he'd been looking for a few minutes.
Went out to find one of our biggest carp - a good 15 inches long - just about on it's last gasp. No herons around so we assume it jumped out and went under the fence.
Put back in the pool, seems OK, and there's been a lot of scope for bad fish puns all day.
Did he scale the fence? He won't tell us, he's being Koi. etc. etc.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 6, 2018 18:25:15 GMT
We've been making out garden pond bigger .. ideal weather for shifting about a ton and a half of clay. Not.. Odd start to the day, our fish, about 50 of them, are currently housed in a paddling pool near the back fence, where a footpath runs past. Doorbell rang at 0800, a chap asking if we had a pond as there was a fish on said footpath. It's not easy working out how to get to the fronts of the houses from the back so he'd been looking for a few minutes. Went out to find one of our biggest carp - a good 15 inches long - just about on it's last gasp. No herons around so we assume it jumped out and went under the fence. Put back in the pool, seems OK, and there's been a lot of scope for bad fish puns all day. Did he scale the fence? He won't tell us, he's being Koi. etc. etc. Could you repeat that, I'm hard of herring. |
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Post by Trina on May 6, 2018 19:28:25 GMT
We've been at our mooring at Norbury for the canal festival.Brilliant weather,hand made ice cream,lovely cheese,yummy fudge & a pair of earrings for me😄.Music at the pub round the corner(didn't need to buy tickets as we could hear it😉).We normally go round to the Junction for food/drinkies but it's rammed.They(& Norbury Wharf)must be loving the weather as the £££££ keep on going through the tills !
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Post by naughtyfox on May 6, 2018 19:55:29 GMT
We've been at our mooring at Norbury for the canal festival.Brilliant weather,hand made ice cream,lovely cheese,yummy fudge & a pair of herrings for me😄. Do stay on topic, Trina. |
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Post by patty on May 6, 2018 20:13:58 GMT
We've been at our mooring at Norbury for the canal festival.Brilliant weather,hand made ice cream,lovely cheese,yummy fudge & a pair of earrings for me😄.Music at the pub round the corner(didn't need to buy tickets as we could hear it😉).We normally go round to the Junction for food/drinkies but it's rammed.They(& Norbury Wharf)must be loving the weather as the £££££ keep on going through the tills ! that sounds nice..appart from the crowds..I don't do crowds..hope u had a brill time... |
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Post by larkboy on May 6, 2018 20:38:33 GMT
According to the Imray guide you can get to Jesus lock, which is right in the heart of Cambridge.... |
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Post by naughtyfox on May 6, 2018 20:59:56 GMT
I see there are boats parked just above Jesus Lock on the Google Street View and Satellite view. Thanks for that. We will be going there I'm sure.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2018 21:10:26 GMT
Foxy's boat will get everywhere around the Fens.
The only sticking point in Cambridge is the lack of space.
Moor on Nobel's field St Ives, get on guided bus to Cambridge, job sorted 🚢🍻
I'm not mad keen on Cambridge, it's shit by car and boat, Ok on a bicycle or if you are fortunate to have bricks and mortar there.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 7, 2018 4:17:12 GMT
Just thought we'd follow all the waterways when we're there roughly 2021-2022-2023. Two years in the Fens and away before we catch malaria or swamp dengue fever.
I've never liked Cambridge, it's plain ugly, but then I don't know it well and boating gets you to stop in places and you often come to like them for something that happened there. When you get older you see things in a different light.
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The lost railways of East Anglia.
