We woke up very early this morning and decided to get going as the wind had dropped. We couldn't believe it ourselves when we left Fotheringhay at 0715hrs - our earliest ever!!
It was quite chilly but we were well wrapped up and the next two hours were so peaceful - we didn't see another soul or boat - a beautiful time of day to be on the river.
We arrived at Ashton at 0930hrs and stopped for breakfast and a walk to Oundle to get the paper and food essentials. We left about 11am by which time it was getting warmer but the wind was up.
The next leg of our journey was fairly uneventful apart from a canoeing class who decided to take refuge under a narrow bridge - not ideal when the wind is up.
We also saw two red kites who circled above us, lots of calves, lambs, swans on their nests and geese and ducks with their young. Spring is definitely here.
We managed to get to Titchmarsh by 4pm and decided to call it a day. The cruising club here are very friendly and found us a lovely mooring on the river bank.
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