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Made it to Peterborough again in one piece I haven’t seen the inside of a hospital for four weeks ???
Northampton to Peterborough on the river Nene, it’s a nice river extremely attractive wide deep water with real English meadows along its winding banks , the natural life of the river is wonderful, Voles, Red Kite, Sparrow Hawks, Great crested Grebe, Herons, the river also holds good quantities of Roach, Bream, Chub, Pike, Perch and a few trout I even caught a few Cray Fish
The river flows from Northampton to the Wash were it joins the sea just above Wisbech However we will leave the river about two miles out of Peterborough and cut East through Standground lock onto the middle levels across to Denver sluice where we join the River Ouse and head south to Ely
As I said this is a nice river flowing through Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and borders Norfolk Even the locks are good, different but good, Traveling along the Nene can be at least interesting some very interesting locks where you have no idea how to get into it, many obstructions in the water , lots of multi-arched bridges with no indication of which arch to take its like Russian roulette the other big drawback is the map we purchased prior to joining the river All I wanted was basic info where the locks are, mooring places, fuel, water etc things that every traveler needs, All I can say to boaters attempting this journey is do not buy a map book , nicely printed, good write ups, but for navigation info forget it! I have read more truth in the Dandy and Beano, the book is a book of pure fiction the mooring are not there along with water points and pump outs. Moorings are the worst we traveled 20 miles and ten locks to what sounded like a very nice mooring only to find that it doesn't exist and according to the locals it never has. We found it best to talk to other boaters and the locals (them that speak English I now speak pretty good Polish) Just do not bother with the map book I have rang the Environment Agency and told them I want my £10 back as the book is “not fit for purpose” it should be put on the fiction shelf
Tomorrow we are off to join the middle levels I have been informed that some of the bends are very tight and shallow but hey Buggerlugs will get through even if we take the bank with us??
I will now try for some sympathy I have a bad head cold and chesty cough Orrrrrrr! Feeling quite done in, We have just returned from a walk around Peterborough Cathedral which is well worth a visit you can still see how the town grew up around the Cathedral I should imagine prior TV,mobile phones, football, and graphitee it was a very nice rural town
Speak Soon
Big Al
Made it to Peterborough again in one piece I haven’t seen the inside of a hospital for four weeks ???
Northampton to Peterborough on the river Nene, it’s a nice river extremely attractive wide deep water with real English meadows along its winding banks , the natural life of the river is wonderful, Voles, Red Kite, Sparrow Hawks, Great crested Grebe, Herons, the river also holds good quantities of Roach, Bream, Chub, Pike, Perch and a few trout I even caught a few Cray Fish
The river flows from Northampton to the Wash were it joins the sea just above Wisbech However we will leave the river about two miles out of Peterborough and cut East through Standground lock onto the middle levels across to Denver sluice where we join the River Ouse and head south to Ely
As I said this is a nice river flowing through Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and borders Norfolk Even the locks are good, different but good, Traveling along the Nene can be at least interesting some very interesting locks where you have no idea how to get into it, many obstructions in the water , lots of multi-arched bridges with no indication of which arch to take its like Russian roulette the other big drawback is the map we purchased prior to joining the river All I wanted was basic info where the locks are, mooring places, fuel, water etc things that every traveler needs, All I can say to boaters attempting this journey is do not buy a map book , nicely printed, good write ups, but for navigation info forget it! I have read more truth in the Dandy and Beano, the book is a book of pure fiction the mooring are not there along with water points and pump outs. Moorings are the worst we traveled 20 miles and ten locks to what sounded like a very nice mooring only to find that it doesn't exist and according to the locals it never has. We found it best to talk to other boaters and the locals (them that speak English I now speak pretty good Polish) Just do not bother with the map book I have rang the Environment Agency and told them I want my £10 back as the book is “not fit for purpose” it should be put on the fiction shelf
Tomorrow we are off to join the middle levels I have been informed that some of the bends are very tight and shallow but hey Buggerlugs will get through even if we take the bank with us??
I will now try for some sympathy I have a bad head cold and chesty cough Orrrrrrr! Feeling quite done in, We have just returned from a walk around Peterborough Cathedral which is well worth a visit you can still see how the town grew up around the Cathedral I should imagine prior TV,mobile phones, football, and graphitee it was a very nice rural town
Speak Soon
Big Al
Noreen leaving one of the guillotine locks
Orion negotiating one of those obstacles try getting mine through there
We decided to use the lock instead of the wier????
What can I say
Moored on a PUB car park real good Ale
Eeny Meeny Minee Mo which one to take No Markers
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