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| John on Magnus' scooter |
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| Josh blowing bubbles |
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| Tow path partying |
Last
weekend we had a mega gathering at Aylesbury Basin to celebrate
John’s 60th birthday, along with my youngest
brother-in-law Paul’s 50th, Magnus’ 5th and
Samantha’s that was last week. 17 of us met for a meal in
Aylesbury and all came back to the boat for a few more drinks and
nibbles on the tow path. Luckily it was a beautiful day and we were
all able to sit out until late in the evening. Samantha, Paul &
Blue stayed with us on Saturday night and several other’s stayed at
various hotels in Aylesbury. Heather & her family camped in Louise’s back
garden.
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| Magnus on his scooter |
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| Josh catching bubbles |
Edmund
spent a week with us, which was great to have help down the Aylesbury
Arm with it’s 16 locks, which we did on John’s actual birthday.
The balloons Edmund put on the boat popped as we went past brambles
and the low bridges. We encountered some froth in one of the locks,
which looked lovely but became rather nasty scum when it dried. The
beginning of his week with us was a big washout as we got drenched in a
massive thunder storm on the first day, luckily the weather perked up as the week went on.
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| Birthday boy locking |
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| Oh the froth!!! |
We
had a tremendous crew of 4 to help us back up the Aylesbury Arm on
Sunday in the blistering heat. We are now making our way up to
Napton, so Colecraft can sort out our leaky and draughty front door &
side hatches.
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| Back up the Aylesbury Arm |
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| Narrow locks & bridges on the Arm |
We
finally got our house sorted out and put in on the market and the
first people to look at it have made an offer after just 3 days,
amazing. As they are first time buyers it’ll probably go through
in 4-6 weeks. It’s lovely to get cruising again as we’ve been
hanging around Leighton Buzzard near the house for too long. Once the
boat’s doors are sorted out we’ll head back to Leighton Buzzard
to oversee the final bits of the house sale……..and then what!!!!!
One
Sunday when we were at Leighton Buzzard we heard a ‘toot toot’
from the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway, so we just had to
stroll over and go for a ride. Sadly, the steam engine was being
repaired but the little diesel one was lovely.
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| Leighton Buzzard railway |
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| The end of the line |
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| Waiting at a level crossing |
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| Shunting our little engine |
Today
we saw our first CRT sign with their new re-branding logo on. There
aren’t many people who like the new one it in comparison to the
previous one with a bridge & swan on it.
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| CRT's new logo!!!! |
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