On Friday we were up early and pulled pins at 08.00 which is early for us . Our destination is Fenny Stratford for the weekend. It took us a couple of hours to travel the 3 or 4 miles at our snails pace.
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First job after mooring was to drill a hole in the Brolly mate we bought to enable a rotary washing line to be fitted on the tiller.
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Looks good to me ...... But will her ladyship like it ? .
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On Saturday we had a walk around Fenny Stratford and came across Pollards a real ironmongers that sold just about everything and . We got some pegs for the new washing line. (Big spenders)
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Unfortunately a stupid person on the towpath told Carolyn that there was a large retail park just up the road. So guess what ?.........We had to go and have a look around it. There was a Tesco TK something Halfords, Argos,Asda etc etc..Ended up spending a fortune, but more about that later.
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On Sunday afternoon we had a walk to the lake which is about half a mile from Fenny lock.It almost seems like a different world from the canal and with the temperature at 19 deg it was a most enjoyable stroll.
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Pulled pins at about 10.00 and went straight into Fenny Stratford lock.This lock is unusual in that there is a swing bridge right in the middle of the lock.
Just the other side of the lock is the water point, elsan (toilet disposal) and refuge disposal. So we emptied and filled and got on our way to stoke hammond.
Happy days
The view from our front room of the lock at Fenny Stratford.
A little bit later there was an almighty swan fight. It went on for about half an hour with several other boaters trying to break it up. Eventually they came into the side of the canal just in front of Inca. We managed to get our pole in between the 2 and separate them as by this time the pair of swans had nearly drowned the single swan. The canal was white with feathers but all 3 swans seem to be OK.
Just the other side of the lock is the water point, elsan (toilet disposal) and refuge disposal. So we emptied and filled and got on our way to stoke hammond.
Happy days