We had that Pie

It has been an interesting weekend and one of making new friends and enjoying the company of old and established ones.

Friday night we had the normal few quiet drinks and a takeaway pizza before retiring early for a good night’s sleep, ready for the weekend to come. We awoke bright and early on Saturday morning to be greeted by a gloomy, misty morning. Not the best start to the day. After a spot of shopping in Lincoln we headed in the direction of Torksey Lock. The river was quiet and we hardly saw another boat on the move, sheer bliss. Upon our arrival at the lock we were welcomed by the owner of a narrowboat, “NB Emma B”. This set the tone for the evening as the three of us drank, ate and made merry. Whiling away the evening in the White Swan, with the aid of a steak pie and the crossword.

The next morning and it is time to say goodbye to our new friend. He is heading back to his home mooring on the River Trent. His crew arrives bright and early and we all settle down with some coffee planning our outing in a few weeks time onboard Naughty-Cal. It will be a great pleasure for us to take our new friends out for a cruise on the River Trent, to show them a different method of boating, not the serene plodding along that they are used to. With the boat gone it was time for us to head back home, but not before a few beers in the Pyewipe, but boy did the dark sneak up on us. We had great fun heading back in a misted up boat in the pitch black. But safely on our home berth we had a great Sunday lunch before tucking ourselves into bed, listening to the mooring ropes creaking as they go about their work.