A little commission job I completed in between other painting projects
We had a steady plod from Weedon Bec around the corner to Stowe Hill overnight, as we needed to stop anyway for a gas bottle there.
Unfinished or never started projects along the way....
We were way too early for the Gala, but thought we would be able to open the butty shop in between and keep busy getting ready for it in the meantime.
Rugby Boat Sales, Stowe Hill - where many a fine narrowboat awaits a buyer
We thought it would be a bit busier there, but we were wrong, can't seem to get it right this year for busy spots!
Butty (with hydraulic drive! and undercloth conversion) called Lincoln - our neck of the woods!
Further along the canal, there are some superb properties
We set off again, to hopefully moor at Bugbrooke for a couple of days opposite the canalside pub there.
Another lovely old working pair
And then 'ooh look, there's Guy Martin's boat Reckless off the telly!!'
Well that's different! Another converted old working boat, but this one's got an outboard and a teddy to ward off undesirables!
No room at the inn, so we pressed on and moored at Blisworth.
Lister and Scooby have a charge round as we moor up for the day.
Blisworth has been a lovely mooring and we have met some great boaty people. It has been a bit quiet for the shop, but we have got lots done for the show and today cycled into Towcester to do a 'big shop'. What a leg buster that was! We took a quieter 'scenic' route there (about an hour!), to return, fully loaded, in about half the time by the correct direct route. Oh well, all the fitter for it we hope!
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