No, No at Perio, but Fotheringhay is more welcoming..

Today – Moored Fotheringhay
Yesterday – Ashton to Fotheringhay, River Nene, 5 miles 3 locks
Weekend – Moored Ashton, River Nene

A wonderful few days since I came back from London.  The weekend was just so warm, well too warm for moving for sure.  The only thing to do was swimming in the river, oh what a way to cool off!   Here though, Vic not being as brave as me, just enjoying this really nice mooring dangling his feet in the river with Ann from NB Moore2Life..

Boats have come and gone again this weekend, and left their rubbish too just slung in the bushes across the path from where they have been moored.  It’s sad really that these people can enjoy this place, then before leaving, chuck their rubbish.  The Environment Agency really do need to provide more places to put rubbish.  I guess this is why people are dumping it instead of keeping it aboard and disposing of it.  It is unfortunate, but we are also having problems with the rubbish.  The last official place for us to dump rubbish on the river was at the EA services at Rushden and Diamonds, and we were there some one month and one day ago on 12th May.

OK so we are being slow, well we have reasons for that.. Lucy has been injured and we have to wait for her recovery working with the vets in this area, plus the River Nene is a very nice place to be in the warmth of the summer!!

Our rubbish does go into local litter bins, well what else can we do with it? If I get caught putting some in one, it could be a £200 fine I believe.. I need to be careful..

Oh, and the rubbish that the boaters dumped at Ashton was collected from the bushes and dealt with too..

These fellas get a bit hot in this weather… this cormorant sunning himself on the top of a tree ruffling the feathers on the back of his head..

Talking of wildlife, we had hoped to stop by Perio Lock.. well Bluebell Lakes actually, it is an outstanding area for all sorts of animals and birds.  It’s very difficult to get in to moor though, and after a struggle the pins were finally banged in.  I took the chairs and tea to relax by the lakes for the afternoon, popping back to No Problem for the camera, I was met by a ranger.. “You can’t moor here, it’s all private”.. “Oh, well I moored here last year and it seemed OK” “Not any more, you will have to move”.. “Err I have just made a cuppa, is it OK to have that?”  He hesitated.. “I will give you 20 minutes”…

How kind!  … So on through Perio..

It’s a lovely name.. Perio Lock.  There is a mill there, like there is at most of the locks.  The mill stream is different to most though, it tumbles back into the main river over large boulders making the most wonderful ‘babbling sound’.. And so on to Fotheringhay then, and a friendly mooring right under what remains of the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded.  Much more friendly was the chap than the one at Perio “Welcome”… “£3 please”… Haha!!

Always well worth the three quid here.  There are plenty of places to moor along some half mile of nicely kept river bank.  But we can get the sky tv at this particular spot.. just as long as I don’t see a lady with a head under her arm wandering down to the boat from the castle!