My Mothers Day pressie is missing in Braunston!

Today – Nethercote to Puddlebanks, Braunston, 2.5 miles 0 locks
Weekend – moored Nr Nethercote, Oxford Canal

A brilliant weekend.. lots and lots of walking.. the brasses are still not done, but hey we are not quite in Braunston YET, mooring tonight on the puddlebanks.  It’s been a bit of a sort of ‘wait around’ time.  Daughter Wendie has sent a surprise pressie for me for Mothers Day to Braunston.. but it has failed to arrive.  I don’t know what it is, but I do know it weighs the same as a brick.

I know that because on Saturday while out in the countryside somewhere she phoned me.. “Been to the post office yet?”.. “Nope.. tis nice here Wendie, we will go to Braunston on Monday”… “Awwwww you won’t get my pressie from Braunston Post Office then…. *sob*” 

“OK OK… I can detour and walk an extra 3 miles to collect it, but how heavy is it, cos I have to carry it back to the boat?”..

So as the conversation went on I knew it was as heavy as a brick.. I went to Braunston.. there was no pressie there for me

I walked there again today, the 2 and half miles… no pressie yet..

OK so move No Problem to near Braunston, saves all the walking you see..

Popped in this evening, ah a new face in the post office… “Hello, I am waiting for a Mothers Day pressie and am here to see if it has arrived”… “Oh you must be Wendie’s Mum”… I was gobsmacked… she knew who I was! “Nope it isn’t here yet, I will know when it arrives, I know what it is!”.. umph.. I don’t!!

We should be at Norton Junction tonight… Its raining, its blowing a gale and being here on the puddlebanks at Braunston is not really the ideal place in these conditions, its on an embankment… but at least here we can get sky tv and an internet connection, but here we stay until I get this pressie…