Had a trundle down to Milton Keynes and managed to met up for a couple of hours with those busy people – Pete and Mel. Great to see you both. Sorry if you had a bad head the next day. Nothing to do with us. !!!! will see you in the fens.

Sadly didn’t manage a meet-up with Ricky and Val, this time. But I know for sure we will be seeing them over the autumn/winter.

Anyway we arrived at Cosgrove Lock on Monday. We ended up staying all day and night as sadly, a boater had been found in the lock. 2 boats moving down the lock on Monday morning, one had gone on his way, and unfortunately the other boat, got the man caught in their prop. It is thought that he had fallen into the lock on Sunday night and drowned. Shocking for the boat that caught him and very sad . Locks are so dangerous and some of the things you see being done at locks beggars belief, especially where children are concerned.

So, with that, we pushed off on Tuesday morning to met-up with Steph on Witchboy and the new pup, Midge . She still has dear old Bess ( 14yrs) and now has Midge( 13 weeks). All dogs got on fine. Midge had a great time annoying them all.Not really, her and Ben, had a great game of tag, making us howl with laughter.

Then we sort of lost her, but she had only fallen asleep in the hedge !.. come on, everybody aaaahhhhh. Finlay waited until I wasn’t looking and boggered off through the hedge( he didn’t fall asleep !). He found a bunny-filled field. BUT eventually came back via the road and hump-backed bridge. Just standing in middle of road. No sence.
Then that Midge tried to get on NB Barron, didn’t quite make it, and we heard her crying and hanging by one paw to the side. She had quite a soggy backside and it was the first time that she had fallen in, but she onl’y half fell in, anyway.

At the moment, she is small enough to sit in the life-ring, whilst on top of the boat, and she will be nearly as big as Finlay, when fully grown. Nice size.Well Steph is totally captivated by her, and that the way it should be

So we sat on the tow-path and had pre-dinner drinks as you do, and the next morning we set off with J&M+2, in the rain. Steph not ready to come home yet, so she is trundling off down to MK, as well.

Now we are back on the lovely Nene, and I have the laundry out in the cow-pat filled meadow. ( there you go, Scoob. A picture of the washing! Don’t think I have done another pic, this time, have I ?)

Sorry, keep losing signal. will put it on, later.