Braunston

Sunday 01 June 2014 – Braunston, Grand Union Canal

Since the last blog I have been at Crick where I was unable to get either a phone or internet signal, and at Norton I saw Braidbar 117 ‘Rocquette’ one I’d not seen before.  I stayed at Norton junction over the weekend then moved up to Crick.  This year our mooring was close to the entrance to the main Marina and over the following week ‘Ice Breaker’ was joined by ‘Briar Rose’, ‘Cala’, ‘Farne’, ‘Just Siviting’, ‘Priscilla II’ and ‘Sanity Again’, in the marina were ‘Bunnies Warren’, ‘La Suevera’ and ‘Shim Shams’ and the Show Boat was ‘Santiago’ so there were plenty of parties and chats.  The weather was glorious until Wednesday 22^nd when we put up the new marquee and it then started to rain almost non-stop until the Saturday and the showground became a mud bath.  The Sunday was dry and sunny with loads of crowds but the rain returned for the Monday and stayed until Thursday 29^th, most of the boats moored along the canal remained, unlike other years when there is a rush to get through the locks at Foxton or Watford.

Moving away from Crick I travelled in company with ‘Just Siviting’ and we came through the Crick and Braunston tunnels before doing the Braunston locks breasted up (tied together) with Austin steering and Liz and I doing the locks.  We then moored near the Marina where I have laundered all the clothes that got totally mud spattered at the show and got an anchor ready for facing rivers in the future.  While here both ‘Cala’ and ‘Sanity Again’ moored up but we split up after this weekend and head off in different directions.  This morning we were passed by Braidbar 109 ‘Kala’, another one off the list.  The weather has been cloudy with sunny patches until today when the sun has been out all day.