alafloat : We made it in one piece

Hi again

We are now in Selby, I said I would let you know so were not washed out to sea via Hull on the ebbing tide but was a close call the river today had a 8m tide running not to confuse anyone that’s like taking your car up a

4 in 1 hill on ice you are giving it everything you have but getting no where anyway with good direction from the lock keeper who stands 20ft above shouting and waving of arms you cannot hear anything as the engine is revving its ar# off and you cannot take your eyes of the water for a minute so with him shouting and Noreen relaying messages we eventually steered Buggerlugs into the calm serenity of the lock. Allin all we made nothing broke, scratch or damaged in fact the lock keeper gave us 8 out of ten which for a first I thought was quite good.

However as from tomorrow the advice is not to travel down the Ouse until the 7^th poor John and Kath will have to hang out around York until then. We were lucky and caught the last available tide it was very high but just manageable.

We arrived in Sleby at lunch time on the hottest day of the year so far, Now what does your mind conjure up when you hear the name of the Town Selby? Power station, Coal Mines, Steel works who know well in my mind from now on it will be The Abbey. On our previous visit when we went to see the Abbey but we were to late so this after noon we took a stroll over there and what an astonishing surprise what a magnificent Abbey, one of the best we have ever come across and so under stated in the media unlike some of the great Abbey’s

That are some how just relics of the past Selby Abbey has a warmth and lived in feeling at the moment they are working on the finest church organ in the land some of the pipes are over 30ft ( I got chatting to the lads who were installing the pipes and because of my interest I was give at tour and a very interesting lecture on Church Organs and especially this one what a fantastic afternoon. AND IT WAS FREE no pay to pray in Selby

We are now trying to organise another stop over and hire a car for next Tue for the funeral we will be around the Leeds area by then and we will use he Enterprise collect and drop off service which really is a great service for boaters.

So again don’t call the missing persons dept or the coast guard because Buggerlugs is back on track

God Bless