I booked us into Boston's Grand Sluice Lock for passage through on Sunday 5th July.
As is pretty usual for us it involves an early morning start. We need to be at the lock for 6.30am ready to leave as soon as there is enough water in the pool to let us out. We are getting used to these early morning starts now after many years of struggling to get up and go.
On the plus side it does mean that we will be on the visitors pontoon at Kings Lynn in plenty of time for breakfast. It usually takes us about 2 hours to complete the crossing, an hour to reach Tabs Head along the tidal River Witham and then about 40 minutes across the Wash and 20 minutes up the Great Ouse cut to the visitors moorings beside the quay. So assuming we get out of Boston in good time we will be in Kings Lynn for between 8.30 and 9.00am giving us a full day to enjoy the towm, stock up on provisions and get ready for the next day's journey into the unknown.
That's step one of the bookings completed. Now for stage two.
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