Dodging the gongoozlers and finding treasure near Kintbury

Moored Shepherd’s Bridge, Kennet & Avon Canal

Here is where we are moored at the moment, I took this pic as I walked this morning with Lucy across the countryside and back via Kintbury to pick up some milk then along the towpath back to No Problem..

This is overlooking Shepherd’s Bridge with Kintbury to the left and, well open countryside to the north.. stunning views today with the trees rapidly changing colour ready to lose their leaves.  Having said that though, I was very surprised to see a couple of butterflies on route, I don’t think I can ever remember seeing one in November before.

Wendie made a comment the other day….

Ok gotta ask....................what is the ikkle animal on the lock gate??

She was refering to this pic..

I wondered if anyone would notice that you know!… Well it isn’t a bug as such.  Here it is close up..

It is a geocoin! In fact it is Brawny Bear Clan Geocoin.  You can see I logged this one on the page.. Ann and I are also known as ‘the_narrowboaters’ and if you want, you can monitor our activities.  I think you just need to click on our user name on that site.

Now this is going to take a lot of explaining..

I enjoy the sport of geocaching, and as Jane has said in yesterdays comments there are plenty of ‘caches’ to be found along the canal, An awful lot of them have been placed close to locks so it is easy to go find them.  I think I have visited about 14 or so of them so far since being on the Kennet & Avon Canal.  It’s always nice to find one of the geocoins.. we found a different one yesterday that was in Iceland a short while ago, and the one in the picture has come from America.. its goal is to be back in St Louis in July 2007!

The biggest problem I have found is trying to retrieve the cache from it’s hiding place… Narrowboats always attract gongoozlers or onlookers.. so sometimes I have to sneak back after leaving the lock when the onlookers have gone!

Well no boats went by today except for BW barges up and down a number of times, and they don’t slow down one bit either!!  Everything is very, very quiet on this canal at the moment, probably due to that closure a few locks back.. but I like it this way!

This afternoon I spent in the galley baking.. youngest daughter is arriving on Sunday with hubby Phil and granddaughters Jessica and Molly.  Gonna pop on the train to Newbury tomorrow to get a nice joint of meat.. there is one thing that Jennie loves, and that is for her Mum to cook her a sunday roast!