We're still here!! Sorry to all readers, but life has been busy on the water :-) After we did the Aylesbury Arm (see previous reeds), we moored up in Marsworth again, so Elizabeth could do some training work in Windermere. Pete stayed aboard making sure the laundry was done and the engine was serviced. He has decided not to learn to do this himself. We left Marsworth on August 2nd, then moored up just past Slapton lock that night. You'll see pics of that from May. We then travelled on to Soulbury three locks and we have to say, this whole lock business is getting to be a doddle. We are so used to it (20 locks in one day on the way to Aylesbury from Tring) that we find it hard to keep count now :-) Then we moored up outside of Willowtree marina (where we were toward the end of May - remember the photograph of the rowboat across the canal?) for the night so that Pete could get to Oxford on Tuesday the 5th of August to drive to his stint approving (or not!) loans at the Oxford Credit Union. Elizabeth stayed on board and made the desk area pretty (sad....).
The 6th saw Pete and Bella drop Elizabeth off on the opposite side of the canal to collect Reg (car), drive to Fenny Stratford to help Pete go through the lock and then - GO SHOPPING! It was Elizabeth's 54th birthday on the 6th and she has a habit of doing a bit of retail celebration. Milton Keynes provides much opportunity and by 1pm, she met Pete and Bella at Campbell Park, MK, to drop off said packages and to collect Blossom (bike). She, Reg and Blossom then travelled to Old Bradwell (north MK), left Reg at a pub (he takes after Pete) and then cycled back to meet the cruising unit. We moored up at Cosgrove, walked back to Bradwell, collected Reg, went food shopping and went home for a bottle of fizz and some surf and turf.
Today we took Reg back to his more familiar surroundings of Rugby, Pete went to the toothwright for a pull and we went back to Cosgrove by train and taxi. Then Elizabeth started stripping the paint off a lovely wooden embroidery box.....
