New Screws and off into the sunshine!

Calcutt Locks to Lower Shuckburgh, Grand Union and Oxford Canal, 2 miles 0 locks

Hooray, Roger of Calcutt Boats found time for his fitter to come over and fit a couple of special screws into the fuel pump bit.  We had a dreadful fuel leak in that area while at the bottom of the Ashby Canal, and the guy who came out to fix it put the fuel pump back together with the wrong type screws.. please don’t ask what sort of screws they are, all I know is that they needed to be a special type of screw that can only be screwed in with a special tool.. OK enough of that!

Some of morning was spent wandering around Calcutt Boats marina and boat yard.  It was from here in 1976 that I hired my first narrowboat for a memorable holiday on the cut.  “You haven’t changed much Roger” says I.. he was flattered.. He has done well in all those years, his desk is piled high with papers, and whenever I passed the window of the office these last couple of days, his head was down trying to ‘out’ all that was ‘in’ the in tray! 

We winded (turned) No Problem at the top of the locks and made our way back to the Oxford Canal, turning left at the junction.. The guy with the bikes still has his narrowboat in this area, but hey look at this… now his wares are spilled out onto the towpath..

But the best of today was the late afternoon.. sun, sun, sun… yes sun!  You know, that yellow thing in the sky.. it was really nice to see it.. and the blues of the sky and the cut suddenly showed that perhaps spring is at last on the way..

Here our mooring this evening, and Vic and I went for a lovely walk over the fields.. one particular field had sheep in that were actually lambing as we passed through.. incredible sight that was..

Tomorrow I want to walk over to Shuckburgh Park, and also have a look at Flecknoe.. it should be a springlike day I hope