Wednesday 23rd July

Today was the hottest day we have had so far. We stayed on the boat during the morning and finally went out mid afternoon when it wasn't quite so warm. We had a walk around town and did a bit of shopping before settling into a riverside pub to watch the world go by

Lottie at the GOBA bankside mooring in SAt Ives

This morning we saw a hotel boat go by - the first time we had seen one although we had read about them. Two identical narrowboats are roped up alongside each other and we saw 4 passengers reading the paper while one member of crew was steering the boats. There must be times, such as narrow bridges etc, when they have to separate but it looked very pleasant and relaxed.

The Hotel Narrowboats

Like the old cargo boats one is the tug with an engine the other is the Butty with the large tiller

This evening there were all sorts of things going on in the river. Apart from the usual river craft, there were kayaks, scullers and some people were swimming.