November!

I’m getting very lazy when it comes to doing blog posts, not sure why!

Maybe it’s knitting that’s getting in the way of blogging. I’ve made hats and blankets for Ada’s friend’s twin boys and Dale’s brother’s new baby boy. I have made my scrappy sock wool blanket a bit bigger too. Plus, some woolly hats for our Jubilee Fibres stock.

 

I went to Chorley a few weeks back to see Heather & the children. We had a super time at ‘Chorley Live’ a weekend long street music festival. We were rather keen & watched a stage being set up and chatted to the police. 

We got rather wet Friday evening. Lance loved watching the rain going down the drain hole & Nikita caught a handful of hailstones.

The kids dragged me into a shop I’ve walked past many times.

We had lunch & some of our sweeties at one of my favourite pubs, The Bob Inn in Chorley Market. The market is midway through a face lift since we left the north-west.

There was a birthday party underway on the boat when I got back to Hemel Hempstead. It was Alice’s birthday the following day.

We’ve had a great time travelling along the Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire stretch of the Grand Union Canal. We have passed this piece of graffiti many times, seeing it as saying ‘wonky’ on the wall. Edmund & Ella were staying for a few days & snapped this photo of what the reflection says, while sitting at the bow.

Poor things had to do a 5-hour seminar while they were with us. Ella got a bit of knitting done during it!

Once up the locks into Berkhamsted, we did some gongoozling at the Rising Sun.

 

 

 

These chaps were doing a cull of the non-native Zander fish. We guess their device stunned all the fish for a moment. They caught them in a net & popped back the OK ones.

 

After all the dry weather, we’re thankful for all the rain. This stretch of towpath drains quite fast & the puddles are gone in no time. We caught the bus to get our covid boosters on a VERY rainy day. Luckily we were early, so sheltered at the bus stop until it stopped. As soon as we left the centre, the sun came out & we were roasting in our waterproof trousers.

A rather large willow branch landed on our roof one wet & windy night. Luckily, no damage. A fellow boater got to try out his brand-new chain saw the next morning.

We travelled though Tring cutting on a misty morning.

This cheeky robin had obviously heard the news about the lockdown for birds & wanted to move in with us!!

Most of the herons must be used to people as they let you walk past without flying away. Whereas the little hedgehog we met hid his face in the grass!!

  

John’s wine is clearing well.