Skipped off work at 4pm on Friday, and we shot straight over to Debdale, casting off for Foxton immediately. Our usual snails-pace chug took us slowly down to the Locks .... lovely, and we were lucky enough to get the last 48 hour visitors mooring between the water points just past Rainbow Bridge. Rounded off with a bite to eat at the Inn.
We wanted to be at Foxton to see / hear the Buskers on Saturday and Sunday, and were able to visit both days. Saturday was lunch at the Inn with eldest son James and his partner Jess, very nice, then a quick tour to hear the buskers.
Sunday, we met up with friends after lunch, and wandered up and down the locks, paying particular attention to a lady busker singing and playing guitar by a lock gate. We were all most impressed by her beautiful voice and stayed for four or five songs, some self-penned. We finished off with a beer back at Quo, and just chilled and watched the ducks.
After Paul and Karen left, Liz and I tried to find a 14 day mooring for Quo, but they were all taken, so there was nothing for it but to take her back to Debdale. This meant a solo cruise for me as the car was at the top of the locks.
Liz stayed aboard whilst I turned the boat at the foot of the locks, luckily as it happens, because once again, the wind caught her and simply blew us onto the Inn moorings. I managed to make it look as though I meant this to happen as we gently pulled in for a perfect parallel parking manoeuvre :) After a short wait for a lull in the wind, Liz kicked out the bow and I powered her round to complete the turn ... phew.
Liz jumped-ship under Rainbow Bridge and set off to move the car to Debdale as I headed for the Marina, not the usual slomo though, after passing the moored boats on tick over, it was 2000 revs most of the way. I'm not happy doing this, as the boat becomes very noisy, but I didn't want to keep Liz waiting.
As it happens, we met up again just as I was approaching Debdale road bridge, so she just stepped back aboard in the bridge hole, and we chugged straight back into our mooring without any problems as the Marina is well shielded from the south west wind by trees.
Yet another fab narrowboat-based weekend, now looking forward to our big family cruise next weekend with Liz's big sister over from South Africa. Hopefully, the only problems will be fitting everyone on board, and staying awake after lunch :)
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