Tuesday we met up with Scooby and Rita on NB Festina Lente. We always have a jolly good wheeze when we meet up with these two.
Anyway, after pumping out, fuelling and watering up, we all trundled off back to the last lock and moored up for the day.
They weren’t that impressed with the mooring as it had plenty of cow pats, duck muck, etc. but it was too windy to sit out anyway, so we pooled all our grub and went on to their boat, for good food and drink, had a game of whistchivous, and excellent company, as always.

So we are looking forward to seeing you again soon.

Wednesday we made pour way back towards Popes Corner, on the Ouse- many years ago there used to be a good pub here called The Fish and Duck,where we used to meet up with mates, when we had our 23ft Freeman called Pedlar II. Heady days, they were.

Thursday we made our way to Ely, to stock up for the visit of Susan and Dennis. I had asked a local hostelry if we could have an online delivery sent to their car-park for me to collect( in their car-park in the morning, when there would have been no punters about) but they said NO. Manager said NO> tch tch.

We knew that heavy rain was on its way for the pm, so we managed to get the last space on an EA Mooring( now full of narrowboats, that won’t go down well with the cruisers !). Onto the” 5 Miles from anywhwere- No hurry “ pub for Friday, and in place ready to pipe the visitors aboard on Saturday.

Friday, we decided to go down to our fave EA mooring at Upare, away from the pub. It is just so lovely down here, Great walking etc.

Saturday, was a full day with Susan and Dennis, they arrived at 9.30 and departed about 7pm. Plenty of laughs, and the blokes managed to catch about 6 fish between them. We bbq’d down at the wicken fen mooring, and that encouraged a family to put out a blanket and pic-nic, and then another narrowboat got the tables and chairs out for lunch. We were left in charge of a canoe and another inflatable while the owners went off to the National Trust shop and coffee shop ( for expensive tea and bun ! 2 cups of luke warm tea and 2 buns = £6.50) cor. !.

Sunday, and we think a chum called Andrew on NB Sextant is heading our way.

Monday our 48hrs is up, so we may trundle off towards Cambridge( I wonder what the charity shops are like ????).