Calcutt to Braunston Again!

Nov 7th and 8th - Moored Calcutt Locks
Nov 9th - Calcutt to Braunston, Grand Union Canal, 5 miles 0 locks

Braunston we are back!

And unless we do decide to take up Roger's kind offer of looking after the boat over the Christmas period at Calcutt Marina, this will be the last we see of Braunston until next year.  Braunston is always a very interesting place on the canal system to visit, lots of people reside here that we are friendly with, and some have moved from their boats to houses and bungalows in the village after a full life on the waterways. 

Braunston village itself welcomes boaters with open arms, it's good trade for them, and the butcher is especially welcoming, he always seems to know exactly who everybody is, where they have been etc.  Today he asked how our new engine was performing, its just like being a local when we come to Braunston, very nice.

Stocked up the freezer with 11 meals, and that takes some doing too!  It's only a little ice box type thingy in a small fridge.  All the food has to be unpacked and split if bought for two meals, each is then put tightly into a sandwich bag, taped up, then with a marker pen, the contents of the bag is written in large letters!

Over the weekend we have very calm weather as you can see in this photo of Napton Reservoir, it wasn't too cold either.  Here young Molly is investigating the wet stuff, she is really settling down now, although too puppy like for Lucy's liking at the moment!

I have just finished an order for a Tesco 'home' delivery, and will be picking that up on Thursday at Buckby by the A5, I have never been down the Grand Union south of Norton Junction in all my years of boating, so I have no idea about moorings there, but there is a pub, The New Inn, so hopefully the tesco van will be able to get close enough.  Might pop in for lunch too if I can persuade Vic

Braunston Tunnel tomorrow, oh i do so hate tunnels.  I always have this dreaded fear in the tunnel that the boat coming in the opposite direction with the headlamps blinding me is a 14ft wide beam, for those not in the know, the tunnel is just over 14 ft wide! They have to phone British Waterways if they want to go through, but it makes no odds to me, I still have the same fear each time, and then of course there is Blisworth Tunnel in a few days time, that is the longest tunnel on the whole system taking some 20 to 30 minutes to get through, still I won't think about that one for now!

Umm, I must get Vic to check the tunnel light too, just to make sure it is working after all the work that was done on the electrics last week...  If I went into that tunnel and there was no lights EEEK for sure I would freak out, yep must get him to check that first thing tomorrow morning.