Wednesday 20th August

We were awake very early this morning and as it was dry, we decided to cycle to Hartford, a village just outside Huntingdon.

All Saints Church Hartford

It was very pretty and the church above is right on the river front. We had just got back, when it started to pour with rain but luckily we didn't get too wet.
We waited until the skies looked a bit better, but decided to set off on the boat and take a chance. We stopped off at Hartford Marina again to refuel and fill up with water and then made our way to Hemingford Abbots, where we had arranged to meet "Kanbedun Again".


We only had one lock to negotiate but the wind had got up again and the cruiser in front of us had a real problem getting in and tying up. It didn't help that his daughter who was meant to be holding the rope, let go as she had seen a spider. This meant the boat was sideways on in the lock with no one on board and no one able to get the bow rope.
In the meantime we were just outside the lock waiting to go in but the wind took us towards the weir, so we had to re manouvre with great difficulty to get back in position. By this time a crowd had gathered on the bridge of the lock to see the antics - it all ended well and we were on our way again.

We met up with Linda and Ebony and are now rafted against her boat for the night. We all set off for a long walk around the village - and as you can see from the pictures above it is very upmarket with some real picture postcard properties.




Christine enjoyed having a dog to walk again

Drinks at The Axe and Compass

(Home cooked fish and chips night tomorrow will probably eat there)

We stopped off at the pub on our way home and got back just in time before it started to rain again.