It was a bit chilly but dry this morning as we set off. We
are only going a couple of miles to the bottom of Foxton locks. We are going to moor at the bottom and go up
the locks tomorrow as the forecast is not that good today and we don’t want to
risk getting wet!!
This bit of canal is quite winky wonky and narrow in places
and was quite tricky on the way up, but seemed okay on the way back, its funny
when you sometimes do something for the first time, it can seem tricky or
difficult but when you do it again, you wonder what all the fuss was about and
this was one of those times. The canal
was very quiet again today, not many boats moving about.
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| Passing Debdale Marina |
On past Debdale Marina we chugged and before we knew it we
were at the bottom of Foxton locks and mooring up.
We chilled out for a bit then went for a walk up the
locks. They were very quiet with boats
and people, mind you it was very overcast and quite chilly so no wonder there
weren’t many tourists around. We were
stood on the bridge watching a boat come down and a van stopped and the chap in
it started pointing at us and saying to another couple on the bridge was the
coal okay, we then realised he was talking to us. It was the old chap who lived in the cottage
at the top of the locks we did yesterday and bought the coal from. We apologised for not having recognised him
and said we hadn’t tried the coal yet as it’s not cold enough, but we are sure
it will be fine. We asked him what he
was doing here and he said he owns the pub at the bottom of the locks, well we
didn’t expect him to say that.
We wandered to the top of the locks and then back down and
back to the boat. We also went to find
the rubbish bins as we had a bag full and by the bins we also found an elsan
point which we didn’t know was there, so handy to know that.
We are staying here tonight then going up the locks sometime
tomorrow.
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| Moored at Foxton |
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