Thursday 16 August 2012

A Weekend's Musings


What a great weekend we had last weekend. The weather was fantastic for the duration and for one of only a handful of times so far this year we had the canopies off all weekend. It was a good job the weather held up as we left them in the car.

The weekend started as so many have done recently with a Friday evening trip to Lincoln Boat Club for a few beers and a few games of pool. After closing time we had a few more beers on Naughty-Cal in the company of some of the clubs members before turning in for the night rafted up on the boat club mooring.
Saturday morning saw us up bright and early to take the short trip from the boat club mooring to the city centre moorings. From here we spent the morning shopping and strolling around the city centre with a brisk walk up Steep Hill to the cathedral and castle followed by a more sedate walk back to the boat. By the time we were back at the boat it was time to crack open a bottle and set off for Torksey, our BBQ destination for the evening. The run to Torksey was peaceful even though the canal is busier than normal and visitor moorings are at a premium. With the boat moored up we set about drinking with friends and BBQing a variety of meat, fish and vegetables.  

Sunday morning saw us have a lie in, not a common occurrence for us by any means, but we must have needed it. By the time we had woken up, freshened up and had a couple of cups of coffee it was gone 10.30am. We decided that there was little point having breakfast and set off for Saxilby where we would have brunch instead of breakfast and also would have a tank of hot water to wash the pots with. Saxilby was still busy but we managed to fit into a small mooring. Here we had a fantastic brunch of duck eggs and granary bread before finding out we were moored behind some fellow Canalworld Forum members. Well it would have been rude not to stop and say hello and share a few cold lagers.  Sadly our chat was stopped short as we had to head back to the marina, have dinner and put the canopies back on in time to head back to work the next day. But it was a great end to a great weekend.

Here are just a few pictures of our sunny weekend.

 A quiet Fossdyke

 A very busy Saxilby. No moorings here.

 Long term moorings on the Fossdyke

 Naughty-Cal at Torksey

 A quiet Fossdyke yet again. No boats on the move.

Approaching Saxilby

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