Friday it rained all day,, so we stayed put and did boaty jobs and watched some Game of Thrones dvd's. ( Excellent and not for the feint hearted or prudes). Off we went on Saturday. Oooh I will do some washing in my lovely mini twin tub. after 2 washes and loads to go it decided to stop washing. It spins but no wash. Tis is the 2nd one that has croaked on us. So Cap'n Mick has made an executive decision with my help. When we get back, we will have the bathroom ripped out, and a new shower tray and basin put in, together with a automatic washing machine( small) pumbed in. oooerrrr. and a new cooker is one the cards.
That's was the 1st disaster. 2nd was M flooded her narrowboat while filling with water( don't ask), 3rd I offered to switch off the hose, and turned it on full bore, accidently
, while she was messing with the business end and she got soaked. ! good thing she can laugh, . So after passing Trundle's ancestral home of Weedon, we pulled up, had a sundowner on their boat, and went to the pub for a meal. very nice ,too.
Came up Buckby Flight, following 2 hire boats out for the week-end. Jolly nice folks, extremely posh. They also had some posh-nosh on board by way of Melton Mowbray top of the range pork pie from Borough? never heard of it Market, in London. When we arrived at the top of the flight after them, they had cut us 4 pieces. WOW. Best pie ever. Chunks of meat, sweet jelly and thick fat, in a crumbly crust. Mouth watering ????
Now moored up before Braunston Tunnel. This year we are having a go at doing Self PUMP OUTS. We have bought containers to put the poop in, and J&M+2 have the electric pump and pipe work on their boat. This will allow us to transfer IT to the container and throw down an Elsan( free)
CRT Pump out facilities are getting few and far between and the marinas are getting expensive.
However, as its very windy today, we will not endeavour to have our 1st attempt in the high wind, as Mick says he doesn't want to get covered in sh.. Poo.
Hi Jen /Mick, sometimes I wish our lives were a little bit more exciting like yours(without the poo of course). Jen, you must have heard of Borough market all the posh people know it. Even people from Beniarbeig????????But, haven't told John about the pork pie because he always does a survey when he comes back to England. He really is the expert.........He could bore for the UK on the subject. Perhaps pork pie photos are on the cards like sheds?
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