The good weather comes and so do the grandchildren around Bedford

Last few days – Goldington to Bedford then Bedford to St Neots, River Great Ouse, 15 miles 7 locks

Jennie and Phil stayed for a couple of days after we picked them up from Priory Marina in Bedford along with granddaughters Jessica and Molly…

After spending the first night at the GOBA moorings at Goldington just outside Bedford, we moved on to Danish Camp where we found the rough mooring just about long enough to fit No Problem on, then wandered over to the cafe to get ice creams for the children, and they spent an hour or so on the bouncy castle.. yes, and hour or so!!

Back then to the ‘outside cafe’ of Narrowboat No Problem for lunch..

Before moving on to Great Barford for a couple of days…

Jennie and Phil left on Saturday morning, the taxi came right across the fields to pick up Phil.. how handy is that.. and Phil picked the car up from Priory Marina where is was safely parked.. Jennie had to be back at work by 1pm to cover for lunch breaks..but their journey was interrupted by an accident in the way, and they didn’t get back until well gone 3pm!  A 2 and half hour trip turned into a nightmare.. 5+ hours..

Onward then with grandchildren Jessica and Molly, and we retraced our steps to go back upstream to the EA moorings at what we call ‘R Island’.. we love it there, it is very quiet after the Great Barford moorings.. I persuaded Jessica and Molly to walk to Danish Camp again to get another delicious icecream, and I packed a lunch for eating on the way back..

Not bad for under 5 years, young Molly did the mile and half trip there and back.. oh and on the way back picking some blackberries would you believe, which we made into a crumble with some apple the following day..

The children love the dogs, and at every opportunity want to take them for walks, Jessica is particularly fond of Meg…

But they both just love Lucy and Meg.. But that has not always been the case.. Both of these children for some reason or another were absolutley petrified of them when they were younger, and still now they are nervous.  They don’t have a dog at home you see, but neither I nor their mum and dad have any idea why they are so scared of dogs.. but Lucy and Meg have shown them this week that K9s are OK!!

It is their last night tonight, and relaxing and sharing the top bunk for a while to watch a DVD just before bedtime, they heard the drumming drummer on the dragon boat coming down the river.. Awesome!

We are meeting Mum in London tomorrow.. they will enjoy the train ride to the capital.. I do hope they enjoy the underground, neither of them have been on the tube before!!