Northampton Washlands

Here I am Rune

Distance 7.1 miles

Total 4158 Locks  264 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,396 miles

 

Found a mooring on the Northampton Washlands Environment Agency moorings so here we are for the night. It is close to the main A45 Nene Valley Way so it isn’t a quiet mooring, it has quite a lot of traffic noise. This was the mooring I bailed out of using on the way down because there was a strong southerly wind and we’d have got on the moorings easily enough, but we’d never have got off them and turned quick enough to get into Weston Favel lock before being pushed ashore by the wind. Hoping there isn’t too much wind tomorrow when we come to leave.

Once again, a pleasant cruise on a picturesque piece of river, with the added frisson of some interesting wildlife, like a waterborne Grass Snake! Rather worryingly it was whilst we were in Whiston Lock and, whilst I was confident he wouldn’t be able to climb up the back of the boat, getting in through one of the drainage scuppers at the front was well within his ability. Kept an eye on him (and he was clearly keeping an eye on us) and when we left the lock he’d hidden himself in the gate.

 

Tomorrow we should be into Northampton.