Still at Cassiobury Park

It was difficult winding (turning the boat around) at the bottom of Cassio Bridge Lock… we had turned because we still want to finish the galley (hey I did it!) here in the beautiful surroundings of Cassiobury Park before moving on.  But we we needed water and we also needed that nice Mr Tesco to bring his van to the boat with goodies to fill the larder.

“I have never delivered to a boat before” He said…. well he had two deliveries to do as Chas and Ann also needed a larder top up. We winded the boat again above Iron Bridge Lock and settled down once again facing South to complete the fit out of the galley.

Working within the confinements of a narrowboat is really quite hard.  I suppose it’s OK when a boat is new and being fitted out.. nothing in the way, but when a narrowboat is your home there is just so much stuff in the way.  We have really worked well together, Vic doing all the hard work of putting it all together and me tidying and organising his tools around him… a bit like an operating theatre.. “Screw driver”… hands Vic screw driver “Drill”… puts screw driver down, passes Vic drill… “Hacksaw”….. etc etc, oh yes and of course “Cup of tea”… umm dump everything for that!

Taking a breather from sawing and banging it has been extremely pleasant to grab my walking stick and explore the area.  In the time that we have been here, I have found a new walk on every occasion such is the splendour of the area.  Woodpeckers, jays, owls and other birds and wildlife has delighted me.  There is the West Herts Golf Course here too, I think it is called that off the top of my head, and footpaths criss cross the fairways.  Lucy has loved the fairways… maybe it is the cut of the grass, I don’t know, but she has enjoyed running flat out over them.

Richard left a comment from a blog a couple of days ago “Waterscape Miss the News?” and pointed out that BW does report the news on two of their sites, the corporate news mainly displayed on British Waterways and the leisure news on Waterscape.  I’ll reflect that later in my links list.

Reading there today, I see BW are going to put in more padlocked lock gate paddles to stop vandals from emptying locks… I am pleased about that… I do hope they put in the type we found on the Aylesbury Canal, they were very quick and easy to do, unlike those on the Leeds and Liverpool which took a bit more effort to unlock and lock.

The washing machine will be here on Monday…. It just might have to sit and wait to be connected up.. The top cupboards for the galley are holding us up… I don’t have any doors for them yet.. Still there is a B & Q in Watford…