Day Twenty – Trent Lock – Monday 7th August
It’s Monday morning and I hope you will allow me a little moment to enjoy the fact I don’t have anywhere to be or anything in particular to do. ((Well actually you do Peachy as you’re catching the train to Newark today)) I know but I could change that if I wanted and I can work when I want ((Oh, come on are you now pretending all this vlogging, blogging, author stuff being work again!)) Hey, people would say JK Rowling or GRRM were working if they were doing this ((Oh, Peachy. Come on, that’s because they have a massive fan base. I knew those reviews were causing your head to swell.)) Despite Bracket’s opinion I’m still enjoying my moment of pleasure at not having to do or be anywhere unless I want to!
We have been trying to decide what to do re moorings. ((Oh first world problems here Peachy!)) As I’ve said we are collecting the car today as we need it for a couple of days and can park it somewhere close to where we are moored. We will need to top up with water soon and the water point is not too far away it would mean we would either have to carry on after we have used it, reverse back to where we are now or return back to Cranfleet lock – go through the lock, turn the boat in the river and then come back again as it isn’t wide enough on the two week moorings to turn the boat. We also need to do some washing which requires quite a bit of water. ((How much washing are you doing Peachy!)) Well, I would say a full load in our washing machine is only probably 1/5th of the clothes you can fit in one load in a normal washing machine so we are going with the wash little and often method.
Right, it’s 10.54 am now and it’s time for a bit of a tidy. I’m now up to date with the blogs and just need to copy them into WordPress and find pictures for them, add the tags and info and schedule them. If you’re not following my blog then click on my website and sign up – it’s free, to get notifications and this blog will pop straight into your inbox once live.
Soon it’s time to leave and we wander into Long Eaton to get the train to Newark. It’s a great location around here for accessing amenities. It’s strange going back to Newark and doesn’t actually feel like we have left when we arrive into Newark Castle, which is a stones throw from Kings Marina where we used to live. We are collected by Chris’s folks and go to collect the car, which is just as well as we have to go back to Newark on Wednesday for an appointment but also something breaks! ((Oh big cliffhanger there Peachy. People are gonna have sleepless nights waiting to hear whats happening!))
We make the most of the car and head to Decathlon as Chris needs new mud guards for his bike. Since these will be our main mode of transport once the car has gone and the even now… in supposed summer the tow paths a wet and muddy so mud guards are needed!
That’s it today. Not a massively eventful day. We both have some lovely stuff coming up but this means we cannot cruise as much as we would like and we really must start cracking on with some of the boat jobs soon! But i suppose the plan was always to start slowly.
Until tomorrow. x
