some sort of dragon fly

little backwater nr Cogonhoe.

........ some poo ( Badger ????)

Please reverse Trundle back and get me that ball, oh pleeeeeeese.

Vintage narrowboat and butty. not many of these left.

Homewards down The River Nene.

Well, we are having a nice trip, as usual, along the nene. We chummed up with a young couple to do the large locks, which makes things a lot easier. They were travelling down to The Great Ouse to Earith, to have their boat re-painted. A nice couple.

So first night was Northampton after having “ Pumped Out”. Met a few boats co ming back up to the canals, who said that whilst the nene was very pretty, it wasn’t for them, as mooring was too hard, and not much in the way of facilities. Well, you do have to work a bit harder for finding a place to moor, and you do have to walk to find shops, pubs, pubs and shops. But heyho, its all part of the fun of it.

Next night was lovely Cogonhoe, on the cow meadow. Complete with great walking around the large fishing lakes. Saw a bullfinch, and we watched tench( a bottom-feeder fish), playing and basking at the top of the water. They kept sticking their fins out of the water. !!!! very unusual to see.

Last night was a great mooring at Denford. We have tried ( unsuccessfully) to get on this mooring for the last 2 years, when going up and down the Nene. There’s always been another boat there. Tch. !

There is room for just 1 boat, but 2 could get cosy and squeeze on. Its at the bottom of a lane, that leads straight to the village pub( which we tried…….very nice and dogs welcome too. Well it is shootin’huntin’fishin’ country that we are in now, and the world and his wife seem to have Labradors !). Some great field walking, and I think I may have found a badgers set and as we are avid watchers of springwatch , I found some poo( chris packham likes poo), that I have photographed for you. Doesn’t have a curl at the end, so not a fox. Could it be a badger ?


Today, Thursday, back at Ashton Cut, and watching the Red Kites, and trying to see their chicks.