Wednesday 19th September, 2018

Today when we left Stowe Hill it was a cold windy day, which made everything that little bit harder !!!!! We stopped at the Marina to see if we could get a pump out, but they were busy for the next 1/2 hrs and advised us togo towards Gayton Marina about 1 hr further down the canal.  We stopped and John walked to see where the marina was, and as it was quite a way down another part of the canal, and there was another one just a few minutes further on.  The wind was blowing so hard, that we were finding it difficult to turn the boat into the marina, when a man sang out the they were closed for the day !!! The wind was so bad that we couldn't get the front of the boat to come away from the bank, so John used the old fashioned barge pole, that is provided with all the narrowboats, to get us underway.  It was a little stressful. We the went through the Blisworth Tunnel and continued on the the Stoke Breune locks, where we  went down the first of the locks with a couple, who decided not to go any further, as it was so windy.  We then waited for a few minutes, to see if another boat would come along (as it is recommended that where possible narrowboats should go through 2 at a time - they say to save water !!).  A young couple, also on a Wyvern boat came along and did the remaining locks with us.  They were quite happy, as it helped them to pick up a bit of time, as they were due back at Wyvern by 9am Friday morning !!! and they still had a long way to go..... wonder if they made it !!  We continued for about another hour and stopped just past Bridge 58 for the night.
No photos today - weather was horrible !! This is our sitting area on the boat - very comfy :)