Friday 11th June 2021
Wildlife of the day – our very own stow-away toad.
Up and at-em for 9am having been disturbed at a quarter past six by a cruiser stopping to go up Hazelford lock. Having ejected a stow-away toad from one of our fenders, we were off on a sunny but rather breezy morning.
We had hoped to make up some of the lost time by missing Newark and continuing on but the tide times mean that we can’t go through Cromwell lock until 11am tomorrow (Saturday) so we ended up stopping opposite the castle and heading into town on a provisions run. It’s not London so there was no extra charge ;^)
A slow wander into the town centre revealed a few stalls on the market place so a battery and fruit and veg were purchased. There are also a few good butchers in town, one did a diverse selection of sausages and as they were all the same price we were able to choose two of each type that we fancied and return to the boat with a selection pack. We found no milk in town so Waitrose near the station filled the gap.
Then there was time to complete a job started about 3 years ago, finishing off the installation of the cold and heat reflecting film that we had fitted to some windows and then stopped. It is also supposed to obscure the view of nosy parkers. We don’t mind public interest but dislike peering into others homes and privacy.
Then down though Newark Nether lock and under the A46 to Cromwell lock where we moored onto the outside of the visitor pontoon mooring behind a large cruiser. Our travelling companions nb Tee-Jay decided to reverse into the inside of the pontoon but the strong wind coming directly down the river foiled the first attempt but Alan got it right for his second attempt. Going down to Torksey tomorrow to join the Fossdyke.
G&B
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