Wonderful Wendover Arm

So after 13 single locks( aylesbury arm) and 7 double locks( the marsworth flight and very pretty) we came down the wendover arm. Oooh its really lovely and there are 48 hr moorings at the bottom, but we are hoping for 1 more day, its that lovely. Loads of great walks through hayfields to the reservoirs and to the sight of the future restoration. Finlay is being a really good boy and is not having to be tied all the time. will post some pics, just to prove it. I took Mick for a walk yesterday morning, it was about 1 and a half hours, so I didn't tell him and after half an hour......" How far are we going ?" !!!! anyway we got all around the res, and then through some hayfields and then back along by the dry canal bed. Saw a farmer and his wife training up some new sheep-dog pups. She was " the flock" on a small tractor type vehicle and the farmer was doing his " stay" " git up thur" " cum by" etc. Very entertaining.

I have made some sort of jam ! Thought of my friend Sue Saunders, as she used to make damson jam, and excellent it was too.

Well we saw these things on the trees at a lock. I bit into one and survived. So we picked about 3 llbs plus. I am sure they are damsons, but some woman said they could be Aylesbury Plums. Is she having a laugh ? They were mainly used for dying cloth. Anyway I didn't have the right sugar, but have made it anyway, and it tastes allright. So much so, that I am endeavouring to try it out on Scooby and Rita in a few days !!!!!! We found out that they are only 3 hours down the GU, so we thought it would be a shame if we didn't meet up one last time before we head north . And we have been informed that there is a wetherspoons nearby. result! so I will make some scones to go with "The Jam", ok ????

We keep getting a few jaspers( wasps) in and around and then Finlay found out why. We are quite close to a nest in a bank and someone had stuffed the hole with a piece of bbq coal, which he found and ate, so we had to then stuff it with some paper soaked in paint stripper. Mick has been working on the boat. Yes, you see he doesn't fish all day. I wont let him !!!!

We bought some rump steak on the " reduced to Clear" section.mmmm So tonight it will be a BBQ, down the old wendover arm . No wasps need apply.

Here are some pics .....