Retirement with No Problem

6th Nov – Moored Calcutt Locks

Lucy is fine today, no ill effects from yesterday, although her nose is still out of joint with the newly arrived Molly who now joins Lucy on her walks with Ann and myself.  It won’t be long before she accepts her I hope, in the mean time she is sulking a bit, typical border collie wanting life all to herself!

I do love it here, especially when there is no wind.  There are loads of different walks, one round the huge reservious, plenty of open fields and farmland, and a beautiful walk round at the back of Calcutt Boats Marina.  Here Rosemary from Calcutt Boats planted loads and loads of specimen trees to mark the millennium, it is a delight to see all the different types, and at this time of year they are particularly beautiful.  If ever you are moored here, do go into Calcutt Boats and ask if you can have a walk round, they are very proud of the area.

Chas finished off the wiring today, and a grand job he has done of it too, many thanks to you Chas

The connection to the internet has been very frustrating today, not a good one at all, on and off all the time, but you may notice in the links on the left that I have managed to upload the new page about the Jam ‘Ole Run.  There are some great links on there too, one of the links is an album of working boats both past and present, and I have the Fellows Morton & Clayton page linked on there too.  An interesting site that is looking for information in ‘filling in the gaps’ such as BW numbers and fleet numbers.  I already have some information that I shall be passing on.

Gill visited this afternoon to check the engine, he only had to tighten that one fan belt and then gave it a smile, stood back and said “Well they’re a good ol’ workhorse”.  I think he was happy with the work he had done a few weeks earlier.

We will stay here tomorrow I think, and have another relaxing day after a very busy week before moving back to Braunston on Monday to stock up the freezer at the butchers then make our way to Norton and heading south….. Oh and tunnels …. I remember writing that the last trip through Braunston Tunnel would be my last tunnel trip of the year, after deciding to spend the winter around the Ashby.  Funny how things can change.