Stoke Bruerne for the The weekend

Weedon Bec is a nice place to moor overnight except for the noise from the train line which runs really close to the canal and is frequent too!!!

View from my window this morning

View from Dreamer -
Weedon Bec mooring

As we leave, Pete and Mazey take me to the water point to fill me up.  I am thirsty.....  There is another boat at the watering tap - "who have been here all night" Pete tells Susan - who is still in jim jams as feeling poorly with a stuffed up nose, achy head and throat that she says feels like she has swallowed stinging nettles!!!  The man suggests to Pete that he will stop filling-up so that Pete can do his. Pete (who is wise to this action) says "No problem, as we are not in a hurry.  We will wait for you to finish".  We have a stand-off!!!  Eventually the couple decide to finish off pretending to get water....... and move off.  I bet they go to the next winding hole, turn around, and then come back to this same spot.

On this temporary visitor mooring stretch there is also another boater who has been here for a long time.  He has erected feeding stations for the birds on the towpath........  So not planning on going anywhere soon.....  he even has christmas lights on the front of his boat which light up at night......  although very pretty they must drain his batteries!!!

Great excitement as we pass a Kingfisher sitting on a tree branch - who watches us go by.....

Once through Blisworth Tunnel, we moor in Stoke Bruerne as it starts to rain again!!!!  Pete plans on celebrating his birthday this weekend in the Indian restaurant as well as having a beer or two in The Boat Inn (has been in the same family since 1877)  ......

The Boat

Achievement 9 miles - no locks, and 1 long tunnel (3057 yards - 3rd longest canal in Britain)