As Karen didn’t have to be
at work until 9.00 on her first day she left the boat at 7.30 on Monday
morning. Immediately after she left Buddy and
I started partying, well, drinking coffee and making lists.
Once we were out and about
we went for a walk to the nearest boatyard to replace one of our gas
bottles. Our B&Q sack barrow is
ideal for this task as it has large pneumatic tyres.
Contractors have recently been along here
trimming the hedges and hadn’t cleaned up very well. By the time we had got to the yard the
trolley had a puncture and was completely flat.
Fortunately the yard lent me a wheelbarrow so I ended up in the
ridiculous situation of using a barrow to carry another barrow as well as a gas
bottle. It also meant we had to walk the
empty barrow back to the yard again afterwards.
I repaired the puncture
and then found the bike also had a puncture so had to repair that as well. Later in the afternoon we went for a longer
walk to the next village, Whittington, and beyond. It was a still day again but my attempt at
getting the swans reflected didn't work as well as I had hoped.
We found an old milestone
but couldn’t understand what the numbers were referring to. When we got back to the boat I looked it up
on Historic England and found this entry which didn’t really add anything other
than it was late 18th century.
Milestone. Late C18. Square section stone
with rounded top, set at angle to canal at back of towing path. Left face
inscribed "2 1/2" right face "3"..
During the day I received
emails about some of the winter lock closure programs that have completed ahead
of schedule. Tomorrow I will have a look
at whether we can move closer to Warwick sooner than we thought.
Karen got back about 7 and
the journey each way had only taken just over an hour so not too bad. She had enjoyed her day even though she is in
a completely new industry to her so has to get to grips with that as well as the way any
new company works.
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