Retirement with No Problem

Moored Great Doddington, River Nene

Firstly it was goodbye for now to the Two Ds with NB Gypsy Rover and their friends Derek and Christina with their narrowboat Kilimera (hope that is right you two!) as they left on their way to the Rushden and Diamonds moorings down the river.. See you soon you all

I had a bit of paperwork to do, then it was a packed lunch to make as I planned a long walk today around this lovely area.  In the ruck sack went my waterproofs just in case, but the weather was good enough just for a fleece today.

I heard the cuckoo within a few minutes of setting out, I am sure all the locals will be pleased that it is back in this area, and only a couple of days late too!  So first cuckoo heard this year on 25^th April.

Wild flowers abound around the lakes in this area, here clusters of cowslips..

Picnic lunch today watching some anglers at one of the lakes.  They had their tents set out, looks like they are there for the weekend, then onward returning to No Problem via the Nene Valley Way passing Doddington Mill on the opposite side to the view we had when passing by on the river..

You can see the guillotine lock to the right of the building.  I looked at the pic I took of this in May 2006 when it was covered in scaffolding .. hey a good job done on renovating this one, it looks a treat.

We leave this wonderful mooring tomorrow, I sure have enjoyed it here.  So have the girls.. Lucy and Meg have been able to run around their garden of some 20 acres in complete safety.  We will be back on the return in late summer.