Entertainment all the way to Whilton!

Bugbrooke to Whilton (Bottom Lock), Grand Union Canal, 7 miles 0 locks

Brrrrrrrrrr there was a nip in the air this morning for sure, although there was not a cloud in the sky.  We had lit the fire last night and was pleased that we did, it was still alight this morning warming us as we got up.  I took Lucy for an early walk along the towpath and clicked the shutter on the camera on what look like the first wintry scene of the year with smoke emerging from the chimney. 

Moored here are No Problem, Moore2Life and Balmaha.  Yes… Mo and Vanessa back with us again, and we had another great evening aboard No Problem last night.

We were going to have a rest day today, but the weather forecast for tomorrow is awful, so decided to move on and have that rest day tomorrow instead.  All three boats had their pins pulled and a convoy of bloggers set off down the cut!!.. We overtook Mo and Vanessa, leaving them to remove something from the prop, but a quick stop at Nether Heyford for some fish bait saw them pass us again!

I am absolutely amazed at the number of boats moored along the towpath… Maybe it is because I have been on the quiet rivers of the East that I have forgotten, but there seems to be so many more. 

Today we saw a lot of different types of boats some without a licence, name or number

 

Some with a licence, name and number…

there were musical ones…

Sunken ones….

And some pretty smart ones too!!….

A right mixture today

Balmaha here moored at the bottom of Whilton Locks.  We have stayed here this evening while Mo and Vanessa have gone up the locks to the top, Norton Junction, hopefully we will see them at the weekend in Braunston.

Mind you it is a bit noisy here with the railway close by on one side and the M1 humming away on the other.  Lucy has enjoyed her day running most of the 7 miles on the towpath.  She is still doing that on three legs after her accident, she seems happy enough about it all, and didn’t ask to come aboard once.  She remembered too her training on the towpath when a bike came along from behind her and the bell was rung.  She immediately laid down just off the main path to allow the cyclist through.. well the guy was so flabagasted at her actions that he nearly fell off into the canal.. recovering from his wobble he slowly rode past her not really believing what he was seeing!