Retirement with No Problem

Marsh Lane Bridge (144) to Sells Green, K&A Canal. 1.5 miles 7 locks

So thats the Caen Hill Flight down completed.  We decided to get away a bit earlier than normal this morning to beat the heavy showers that were forecasted the day before.. this morning there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, although the wind kept it a tad cooler than yesterday.

Ann and Vic worked No Problem and Moore2Life through the locks, such a lazy life I have on the back of No Problem.. but Vic would rather work the locks than steer No Problem in and out of the locks, especially on windy days! He is happier to shout at me for knocking the odd lock wall I think than for me to do the same to him!!

Wasn’t long ‘till we reached the bottom lock and Foxhangers Boat Yard…

Here the hire boats all newly painted three abreast waiting for their new season to start in a couple of weeks time.  These boats looked really neat and tidy.. I guess they won’t look quite like this come the back end of September this year..

Onward then, and soon we passed one I recognised by name .. owned by a reader of this blog I believe?? ..

I was interested to note the very long mooring rope at the back.. apparently the levels change quite drastically along this stretch of the canal.. in fact where we are moored at the moment at Sells Green does much the same.. I forgot about that although I did make a note of it in my Nicholson Guide.. Glad I saw this pic as I put it on the server.. I will loosen the ropes when I let Lucy out in about an hours time.

This afternoon I got the rod out and stuck it over the side hoping to temp a carp that I caught here three years ago.. well the one that got away I mean.. Blow me my line zoomed under and a big weighty fish was on the other end.. but alas he done it again.. one day, one day I will nab him!!

The footpaths around here are brilliant, just like in the pics above.. this is very much better than the quagmire towpaths west of Devizes and it was a real pleasure to take Lucy out this evening.. she loved it too, new places to walk at last.  We wandered off the towpath into the fields and she was in her element.. I was definitely not as fit as in the summer though.. I need more exercise I think.. We arrived back after 6pm.. still plenty of light.. at last the evenings are drawing out, Spring is sure on the way..