Nuggler mobile again

We set off from Harefield at 07:05.    The weather was overcast, cool, but with the promise of a warm day.   The boat had been prepared beforehand so there was minimal luggage to load.  The flowers were already on the roof and the latest upgrade, soundproofing for the deck board over the engine, in place.  Our plan was to stop at TESCO Rickmansworth for restocking the larder but we had not reckoned with the fact that it was Sunday.   The store does not open until 11:00 and as luck would have it we had made very  good progress arriving there at 09:45.  There was nothing for it but to carry on.   We had nothing for lunch even - which we usually have on the trot, preferring to moor up early for the evening.   There is a service station just by Hunton Bridge (the bridge not the village) so Pat managed to get us a sandwich and a pork pie there.  At Hunton Bridge top lock, on the offside, there is a house with an attractive garden and just by the lock there is a wild rose bush, part of the garden I suppose.   It is a lovely bush, but if you are the unlucky one of a pair of boats entering the lock, and you are last in and on the offside, you will find yourself in the middle of this bush.   Not very nice if it is a warm day and you are topless.  There was just enough opposite direction traffic by now to secure empty locks, so by the time we reached Apsley, our target for the day, it was 3:45pm and Sainsbury was still open.    It did turn out to be a lovely day and we are still sitting in the sunshine as I write this.   Plan tomorrow:   Get to the bottom of Marsworth, oh .. and do the shopping.

Comments

[Sam Wickens]

Bon Voyage!

Will see you soon in Birmingham. Hope you have a pleasent journey and I look forward to following your progress. I see you got the soundproofing fitted, was this the "foam-lead" sandwich idea???

Sam.