Jan who?

We moored near Elton lock and wandered down to The Crown pub in the village, who should we meet there? Jan Pickles & H.

Wansford and the Nene Valley Railway

The lovely moorings at Wansford, taken from the railway bridge.

Great weather for early October!

A nice and informative sign

This Swedish locomotive is often used for filming continental scenes.

Sunset over Wansford railway bridge.

We had a nice breakfast in the friendly station cafe. Good toilet facilities here too.

Heading back upstream

Coming back into Peterborough

Gongoozlers galore at Orton lock.

We decided to spend another night on the visitor moorings at Ferry Meadows.

Dog in a Doublet lock

Heading down the straight and wide channel that leads to Dog in a Doublet.

A squadron of swans kept flying and landing in front of us.

The condemned visitor moorings, with their rotting decking, removed mooring bollards and fenced off pedestrian access. We had no choice, we had to stop to check coolant levels. The
Dog in a Doublet lock can be seen ahead.

We had planned a visit to the Dog in a Doublet pub next to the lock, but our way was blocked by locked fencing.

Tina

So, we got back to Stanground lock with the BMC 1800 running a lot cooler, Tina was on duty, if you use this lock, woe betide you if you don't follow her instructions to the letter!

That night we moored on Peterborough Embankment again, John and Rita's daughter Andrea lives with her family nearby, we had a lovely barbeque then went out for a few beers.

Next day, we decided to head for Dog in a Doublet lock, where we wanted to moor up and visit the pub.

Heading back to Peterborough

On the Old River Nene we past this Round Table sign for the Greenwich Meridian

So sorry that this is such a long drawn out tale! LOL!

Back to Whittlesey

On return to Whittlesea I phoned my friend Tony Head, who runs a local bus company, and asked if he could help us get our belts? He came up trumps ;o) I did a solo pub crawl around the town, starting in The Boat Inn, crap beer and a bad attitude by the landlord when I pointed it out. So back to the Letter B, great ale, great company. then I went to Hub's Place on the square, a community pub that was opened by a local lottery winner, a great place to go, the ladies' darts team were still playing when I left at 01.00 a.m.!

In the morning we headed to Wetherspoon's George Hotel on the square to use 'the facilities' and to get their cracking veggie breakfasts.

I noticed that the veggie brekkie was a much better deal with two eggs instead of one, three hash browns instead of two and a tasty veggie sausage to replace the bloodless meat option.

After this fine brekkie we left Whittlesey, heading for Stanground lock.

As we approached Briggate bend we saw a tatty-looking boat moored in a strange spot, as we passed they shouted "Have you got jumpleads?" We pulled over and dug our starter pack out, minutes later, in clouds of smoke, it started. This photo shows them moving off in a blue haze!