This morning we were
joking about how the weather is ALWAYS awful on the other side of any
tunnel we’ve been through and today was no exception. We woke to a
gloriously warm morning at Stoke Bruene so I didn’t light fire as
yesterday we had to open the windows & waste all our heat as it was far too hot indoors.
As we got towards the end of Blisworth Tunnel the temperature
appeared to drop rapidly and indeed it was rather sunless &
chilly. Therefore I lit the fire while we were cruising along.
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| Frosty Yardley Gobion |
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| Firecrest arriving, bottom Stoke Bruene locks |
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| Knitting before going up Stoke Bruene locks |
We’ve spent the
last couple of days cruising with Cheryl & Eric from nb
Firecrest. Cheryl & I became virtual friends on the knitting
forum Ravelry several years ago by chatting on the narrow boats
section of the group about our plans to move onto a boat, we met each
other face to face at Fibre East, Bedfordshire’s wool festival in
2013. Funnily enough, we both chose the same firm Braidbar Boats to
fit out the interiors of our boats. Cheryl popped around to do some
spinning once we’d moored at Stoke Bruene yesterday and we had to
pop to her boat for tea and cake too.
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| Spinning nb Burnt Oak |
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| Tea on nb Firecrest, nb in front |
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| Cosgrove horse tunnel |
Last Friday at
Yardley Gobion, while I was waiting for my sister Louise to pick me
up to take me to Birmingham to watch my nephew Jack in his university
dance show, we were kept company by a field of ewes and lambs. While
at Yardley Gobion we strolled to Cosgrove & walked through horse
tunnel, which was adorned with beautiful icicles.
The day we left
Yardley Gobion we had a very harsh frost and yet more ice on the
canal albeit very thin.
Ford near Castlethorpe
Ford near Castlethorpe
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