Sheltering at Denford

Woodford Old Rail Bridge to Denford Farm Bridge, River Nene, 0.75 miles, 0 locks

Wind and rain greeted us this morning, but we were sheltered by the bank.  We moved early this afternoon as there was a slight break in the weather, the wind dropped so we made the short trip to be nearer the village of Denford, that has a welcoming pub and a bus route to Thrapston.  Well if we do stay around while this weather, and worst to follow later in the week according to the forecast, I may need to take a bus to get supplies. A nice mooring just before Farm Bridge is, of course, ‘my backyard today’

This afternoon the clouds cleared and apart from the wind the sun tempted me out for a long walk with Lucy, firstly going to have a look at the local pub, before taking a walk round Denford’s Trinity Church dating from the 13th century.  A very pretty village built of a mixture of brick and stone.  I liked it a lot.  Walking further, I decided to have a look up at Thrapston to see if the moorings there actually existed because we need a Tesco Home Delivery order soon, just wanted to see if it would be possible there. 

Sure enough, there is a newly built mooring but only room enough really for one narrowboat…. There is access to the main road, so that will do just nicely for a delivery there.  The EA are very tight with the spaces (if any) they are making for visitors to moor on proper moorings with bollards or rings!! 

The wind is once again very high, and the rain is lashing No Problem…. The pub is only about a minute and a half away…. now if there was a break in the weather again for a couple of minutes, I might just go try their guest ale!