Retirement with No Problem

Weekend Weston Favell to Cogenhoe, River Nene, 2.5 miles 3 locks

It has been very windy, but we were determined on Saturday to move on down the river to Cogenhoe, pronounced Cook-No oddly enough.. before leaving I noticed a chalk mark on the floating pontoon uprights.. Hey look at this..

When the river rises the pontoon that Vic is standing on will travel up the black uprights. WOW now that is scarey.. but I doubt if it was a boater who did the handy chalk mark, probably one of the youths that regularly use this area at the weekends for bike trailing..

But it does show how much a river can rise and the problems of last year’s floods started way back in March as per the mark..

Windy it was, but I didn’t have a care about that, I was enjoying so much. At one point No Problem was almost broadside across the Nene waiting for a lock to fill, but I had hold of the stern rope, and it took more help from Vic to pull her across on the centre rope eventually putting her in tickover to pull her into the side with the rope tied to the pontoon. But I was still smiling, somehow this river fails to ever make me cross!!

Through Clifton Hill Lock then and out into the area of the Billing Aquadrome.. it seems to me more like a prison camp with lines and lines of large caravans set up for holiday homes!!…

Blimey, not for me I am afraid.. but this place is busy, and there was a bit of an American Car Convention on when we passed and people were struggling trying to put up tents, or chasing after them across the parkland.. Nah, gimme No Problem any day!!

Not far to Cogenhoe, and we share our mooring with the cows on the meadow well before the lock. Meg learnt very quickly that there was zero tolerance on cow chasing, so the crows were the alternative to round up!

The girls have enjoyed the space here, a huge meadow to run around in, and they have been happy to lay outside the last couple of days although the weather has yet to warm up.. just wish the wind would drop a bit.

Been doing a lot of walking over the weekend. This time of year is delightful with all the spring buds, plants and wildlife about..

My camera is not always with me, so my phone’s camera catches these images around Cogenhoe well..

We were disappointed that the waterpoint we found when we were here last has gone. It was just across the little road from the lock landing. The next water is at Wellingborough. We are not to miss out stopping at one of our favourite moorings before that at Doddington though because one of the boaters who has a mooring here on the little backwater will allow us to go alongside him to collect water from the tap beside him there.. We will be able to back out of there OK.

There is a rubbish disposal though, and we were on the way to that when we were stopped by one of my blog readers “Hello Sue and hello Vic”.. I was totally surprised to hear someone say that.. Martin.. Martin I think your name is.. you know who you are.. I am dreadful for remembering names, but it was lovely to meet you for a chat..

There is a little shop in the caravan park close to the lock which is open most days for essential supplies, and also the bar is open for a pint during the weekend evenings as well as Saturday and Sunday lunchtimes which is handy..

I must take a pic of this mooring too before we leave tomorrow..