The first priority of the day was to cycle into Northanpton to find a Maplin to buy a TV cable and a handset both of which were left behind at home. On arriving back at the boat Simon was hauling in his crayfish net that he hung over the bow overnight. He caught six American spotted crayfish that are endemic in our rivers, They make a delicious salad apparently.
It was then time to adventure out onto the Nene and its peculiar guillotine locks.
The upper gates are the conventional Vee type and the lower gate is the guillotine. This is electrically operated with a special key obtained from the Environment Agency.
Very rural
The river is very weedy as it has nor rained for a considerable time and the flow is at its lowest. The consequence of this is that it gets trapped on the propeller inpeding one's progress. Two visits to the weed hatch were called for over a 9 mile stretch.
Places to moor are few and far between so instead of making it a long day we pulled over onto the embankment just downstream of Doddington lock. It ws tight getting in but we are in splendid isolation with just the sheep for company. We could get used to this!
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