Spent the day getting ready to leave tomorrow for the Braunston Bash 2012. Packed the table cupboard and boot cupboard to bursting with provisions, topped up the diesel, stocked up on paraffin, lit the fire (ahem), and have attached and polished a great deal more brass nick nacks. From having been super austere, Chertsey would now make a josher owner shudder at its bling. Well, almost.
I have not packed the solar showers. Tomorrow I will get my sou'wester out.
We are going via the Coventry and North Oxford canals (35 locks) rather than through Birmingham (101 locks). this is our more familiar route, and it is partly because of this, partly the locks (I've nothing against locks, but I'm not a masochist), partly because I want to do the GU properly one day in one fell swoop, and now also because we are meeting No. 1 Son in Tamworth on Tuesday. Now he is the manager of a Kwik Fit branch, he gets invited to things like trying out winter tyres in the Snowdome.
Dazzling Jewel on test
4 days ago
will see you on the way and there
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ReplyDeleteBraunston yesterday was very conspicuous by a decided absence of historic boats yet arrived there. On the main line, other than boats with home moorings there like "Vesta", we only saw "Atlantic" & "Pelican", (to which we have of course added "Sickle"). So still no obvious full length boats there, as of yesterday.
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