Bloomin' Computers! - No Problem is through Braunston..

Today – Hillmorton to Newbold, Oxford Canal, 4.5 miles, 3 locks
Sun 2nd Oct – Moored Hillmorton, Oxford Canal
Sat 1st Oct – Willoughby to Hillmorton, Oxford Canal, 5.5 miles 0 locks
Fri 30th Sep – Braunston to Willoughby, Oxford Canal, 2 miles, 0 locks
Thur 29th Sep – Norton Junc to Braunston, Gu Canal, 4 miles, 6 locks
Wed 28th Sep – Nether Heyford to Norton Junc, GU Canal, 6.75 miles, 7 locks

Computer wise, an awful week..

Cruising wise, a great week!

After reformatting my computer last week and putting everything back on again, it suddenly died and refused to work however much I tried to persuade it to.  There was nothing for it but to do as my daughter had been saying for quite some time now and go halves with her for a new computer, giving her my old one.  Wendie has always wanted a laptop but didn’t want to spend a fortune, sooooo I have a new comp and Wends will have my old one.  I need to speak to my friend in Scotland to see if he can help me find out what is wrong before passing it over… Keith Help! ;o)

A lot has happened this last week since my last blog.. Leaving Nether Heyford on Wednesday we made our way up Buckby and Wilton Locks.. and what a surprise.. from under the bridge came Chas and Ann Moore, our great friends from NB Moore2Life. 

They had decided to come up from Braunston and meet us at Norton Junction to escort me through Braunston Tunnel as they knew I was really worrying about it.  We celebrated with a couple of beers in the New Inn at the top of Buckby Locks, we had plenty to chat about too!

Thursday saw us through Braunston Tunnel, Moore2Life went first, I was extremely anxious, but although there had been a lot of narrowboats on the canal, there was none coming towards me in the tunnel.  My ‘escort’ did me proud..

Friday I went to Northampton by bus to sort myself a new computer.  Finding a small ‘out of town’ shopping area I was able to compare and barter with PC World, Comet and Currys and found just what I wanted.  It took all day though, and it was very late when we moved out of Braunston to a quieter spot just outside of the busy junction on the Oxford Canal.

Logs and Sunday roast was on my mind next, so we moved again on Saturday to Hillmorton where I knocked the Farmer’s door and asked if we could have some more of the wood we managed to collect last year while we were here.  He remembered me, and said we could have as much as we wanted, so the chainsaw came out on Sunday morning, and by lunch time we had enough wood to last us a month or so!  Then it was time for a superb lunch at the Bristo by the locks.. just as yummy as ever too!

So just today to catch you up then… and today we pulled the pins, down through Hillmorton Locks… notice there are two side by side here which helps stop ‘boat jams’!

Then onward to Newbold, stopping at Brownsover for a few supplies.  Walking of late has been poor.. footpaths closed, impossible to follow and getting lost has made my favourite pastime disappointing.  It doesn’t help this time of year when the farmers have just ploughed the fields..  Newbold visitor moorings are surprisingly very full, but we found a space..

Well there you go, a blog of a whole week all squeezed into one.. hopefully now no more computer problems to have to contend with.. all I have to do now is catch up with a week full of emails!