Hi
This is just a quick note We have left Ely behind and headed south turning at Popes Corner onto the Old West River taking us hopefully to Bedford via St Neots and St Ives. the river now gets quite narrow in places not as narrow as the canal but by these standards its narrow in places and shallow, Moorings are getting very spaced out and are a very rare sight luckily we joined a club called GOBA (Great Ouse Boating Association) for £20 we can use any of their moorings which has proven to be to our advantage
At Hermitaget Lock the river becomes tidal as the New Bedford River flows into it. You have about two miles of this tidal river which is something very different as the photo shows.
Tomorrow we hope to take on water at St Ives lets hope we can get in as the river boaters are not as accommodating as us canal Dwellers they seem to hog everything and think nothing of mooring up on water points
Time to get the last hour of fishing in
This is just a quick note We have left Ely behind and headed south turning at Popes Corner onto the Old West River taking us hopefully to Bedford via St Neots and St Ives. the river now gets quite narrow in places not as narrow as the canal but by these standards its narrow in places and shallow, Moorings are getting very spaced out and are a very rare sight luckily we joined a club called GOBA (Great Ouse Boating Association) for £20 we can use any of their moorings which has proven to be to our advantage
At Hermitaget Lock the river becomes tidal as the New Bedford River flows into it. You have about two miles of this tidal river which is something very different as the photo shows.
Tomorrow we hope to take on water at St Ives lets hope we can get in as the river boaters are not as accommodating as us canal Dwellers they seem to hog everything and think nothing of mooring up on water points
Time to get the last hour of fishing in
Grey seal and Cub
You do not get these on the Leeds and Liverpool and considering we are only
about 25 miles from Bedford it is wonderful to see these were on the tidal river
just one of the barriers to stem the flooding tide
1 comment:
Now this all sounds very interesting.
I don't know if I have this right but are the narrow boats a bit of a oddity on the river?
Keep doing what you're doing.
Have fun!
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