FRIDAY. I looked at the mist swirling about a foot above the surface of the river, the distant hills also partly shielded and realised again why we enjoy boating. Different views most days (of which more later…) and the duck proudly showing off her eleven ducklets which are slowly discarding their almost circular shape for one that is more streamlined. A knock on the roof by Keith from Ledgard Bridge boats brought us outside. The glass replacement for the cratch would be delivered on Monday. Whilst we were chatting about boating in general, the other part of the company, Gary arrived with news of our batteries. It was not good. In fact it was very bad. The wonderful people at Elecsol had not dispatched the batteries, which probably went a long way to explain why they had not arrived. They were ordered on Tuesday; the excuse given by Elecsol was – we didn’t realise that it was urgent. Their excuses fit in well with their customer service and despatch department. I think that the expression is something like ‘set a low standard which they consistently fail to maintain’ Ok, end of rant. Right, now we have a decision to make. We need to be at Ledgard boats on Monday morning, but where to go until then. We decided that we like the mooring above figure of three locks near Horbury. Myra nipped into Aldi and the Coop at Mirfield before raiding the chippy. Why are fish and chips so much better up north? Answers please, on a postcard to Harry Ramsden’s. (They need all the help that they can get). We moved off and had a good run to our moorings, the only boat that we met on the move was coming out of Greenwood flood gates, which are very close to the weir boom; I suppose that it makes a change from bridge holes. One boat went past after we had moored, it really is quiet and we are not complaining! Who knows, we nay even be able to carry on with our trip after Monday.
Weather, overcast, dry but few sunny spells.
The 2008 journey thus far: 177 Locks & 291 Miles & 19 Swing\Lift Bridges
Journeys using bus pass: 9
