The countdown to the Foxton Locks Festival begins and it's getting exciting!
We left Norton Junction last Monday after receiving the second part of our coal delivery and turned right to head for Foxton on the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal.
We had had a beautiful weekend which was rolling over onto Monday, with not a cloud in the sky.
2 hour wait at the bottom of Watford flight, but sold a model boat by accident to another boater, whilst we waited, when they found out we had a gift shop!
Continuing on towards the tunnel at Husbands Bosworth the next day after overnighting at Crick
Arriving at Foxton later that day, we cycled into Market Harborough the next morning and on the way back, we spotted this grass snake...
He wasn't bothered by us, kept his head out of the water and leisurely swam alongside the towpath, before disappearing into the shade on the offside
We spent the weekend with the shop open and with the help of the lock keepers, we came down the flight of 10 locks, for a couple of days on the Market Harborough arm.
A miserable day ~ I walked on ahead and opened the swing bridge to take us out of Foxton village
Lovely magnolias and hydrangeas at this house
Still raining as we travelled through Market Harborough outskirts
Lovely gardens bordering this canal
The basin ~ we breasted up and winded ready to moor further back up the arm where the visitor moorings are
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| Large teapot ~ ready for the festival! |
Last night we enjoyed a meal in the Sugar Loaf with our good friend Ben (a fellow boater) and today plan a walk into town....
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