We sort of did!!

Despite some doom and gloom weather forecasts we did manage to hit the salty stuff on Sunday, however our plans were changed from the initial plan.

As soon as we hit the end of the Witham and the start of the Wash estuary it became apparent we wouldnt be going to Wells again. However we decided to stay out for our alloted four hour tidal window despite some fairly nasty chop building and a weather warning for force 8 gales building further up the coast.Needless to say we got soaked from the spray hurtling over the bow and windscreen but we had good fun and it was a good confidence building exercise to see what Naughty-Cal was capable of in some quite choppy water.

As it turns out she handled the water with her ususal competence and never gave us any cause for alarm giving the impression that she was up for some more serious waves even if we were not on this occasion. The sea trip boat which had headed out just behind us quickly turned around to head for some shelter in the mouth of the river Welland after all of their guests were ill!!!

After our alloted time had lapsed we returned to Boston Grand Sluice to lock through then we headed off in search of a mooring for the evening, eventually settling on Antons Gowt due to the proximity of the pub for lunch later in the evening. The next morning we went for a small walk around the village which consists of around 10 dwellings before stumbling upon a field of deer who gave us fantastic display as they skittered off into the woods.

That day we had a steady jaunt to Fiskerton Fen Nature Reserve where we had a BBQ on the moorings before setting off in search of civilisation. About a 30 minute walk away we stumbled upon a pub serving a wide selection of beers. The break was finished off with a walk around the nature reserve on Tuesday morning, then a steady run down through Lincoln and a few beers in the Pyewipe before returning to Burton Waters and having lunch in the Woodcocks.

All in all an excellent mini break even if the destination was changed.