Lincoln

Here I am Rune

Distance 5.3 miles 

Total 4686 Locks  313 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,883.8 miles

So we did all of the domesticky stuff before leaving Saxilby (water up, etc.) stopped off at Burton Waters Marina to top up with diesel ready to head off into the wilds of Boston, and headed to Lincoln in search of a mooring. I thought, when I went past on my earlier trip into Lincoln on the bus, that there was an abundance of moorings, what I didn’t realise was that most of them are for mooring permit holders. When we actually got here, the Visitor Moorings were a bit limited, not helped by large gaps between the unoccupied boats on the moorings. After 2 attempts, one into a gap clearly too small for our 60 footer and a second try into a gap that was exactly 60 foot, we finally found the last mooring on the Visitor Section which matched the length of our boat perfectly.

 

On arrival I set to work on a full service of the boat, oil and filter change, air filter change, fuel filter change, etc so hopefully she will sound comfortable as we set off into the wilds. We should be here until Saturday when we head off onto one of the last sections of inland waterways we have never been on.