Ambling with the flow to White Mills

Cogenhoe to West Mills, River Nene, 2 miles 2 locks

Our usual speed along this river – 2 miles and 2 locks.. that will do!

Here is a pic as promised of our mooring at the weekend at Cogenhoe on the meadows..

We managed to get a tankful of water before going through the lock which was very handy indeed, and gives us another week on the river without having to find more of it.  We don’t have an itinerary as such, although I do need to be somewhere handy to pop down south at the beginning of May to my youngest daughter’s 30th birthday bash.

I got a nice couple of pics of the girls this morning you might like.. here is Lucy..

And a nice one, well I think so, of Meg..

Cheeky looking isn’t she?

Through Cogenhoe lock then with the water pouring in over the back gates as usual as we drop down the river..

What a beautiful day today, you can see there is hardly a ripple on the water, at last that cold wind has dropped and the sun broke through.  Leaving this lock I hardly opened the throttle today as I let No Problem amble along with what flow there was through Whiston Lock and onward to the lovely moorings at White Mills Lock…

It was about lunch time, so sandwiches for the first time this summer out on the back deck, and to celebrate the better weather we cracked a bottle of plonk to go with them.

Mr Tesco brought some supplies during the afternoon, there is a handy pull in at the bridge right by the lock.  The drivers are always amazed at delivering to No Problem they wonder how on earth I manage to do it.. “I do anything not to do that thing called ‘carry’” I normally say!

This afternoon I got the chairs out and relaxed in the warm sunshine.  We have a whole field to ourselves at the moment..

No cows even!  The girls are enjoying all the open space instead of being hemmed in by towpath hedges.  Any more days like this and I will be getting the BBQ out for sure!