Lincoln

Here I am Rune

Distance 3.8 miles 

Total 4694 Locks  313 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,958.2 miles

So, after the weekend at Washingborough, we’ve now moved onto our paid for mooring at Lincoln. Looking at some ot the moorings on the way here, there were some 14 day moorings but the problem is that if the boat is being left, all it takes is for some muppet to cast it adrift and since we are on a river, it could drift down to the next sluice. Safer (I hope) to pay to leave it here in a marina.

 

Today is supposed to be one of the hottest two days and when I booked into the marina office she told me that the temperature (at 1.45 pm) was already 31 degrees C. Tomorrow they are still threatening 41 degrees C, we’ll see what it eventually is.

 

We should be here for a couple of weeks now if all goes to plan.

 

Washingborough

Here I am Rune

Distance 4.3 miles 

Total 4693 Locks  313 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,954.4 miles

Just about managed to squeeze onto the end of the Washingborough Visitor Moorings although there were three boats here already. The phone signal is excellent, as is the internet (at the moment). This looks like a good mooring for the weekend since there are also regular bus services from Washingborough into Lincoln. The forecast for the next few days is starting to look a bit extreme, might be a time to hunker down and, instead of soaking up the sun, trying to keep out of it. We’ll see how accurate the forecasting turns out to be.

 

Fiskerton Fen

Here I am Rune

Distance 13 miles 

Total 4693 Locks  313 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,950.1 miles

Unlike the last time we moored near RAF Coningsby when jets were coming over late into the night, we had no disturbance from them last night. They took off this morning after we had set off so no disturbance then and they were amazing to watch, Typhoons that took off from the runway and then went straight upwards, I don’t know what the G Force would be for them doing that, but quite considerable I would think (almost like being on a launched rocket).

 

As we came up the River Witham the weed situation deteriorated, needing quite a lot of forward and reverse thrust to try to keep the propeller clear. When we got here I checked down the weed hatch and had generally kept the prop clear but unfortunately some had collected around the propeller shaft that is almost impossible to throw off without stopping and going down the hatch.

 

I saw this mooring as we went down the Witham and was quite keen to moor here on the way back since it is nicely isolated. I thought my plan was going to have to be amended as we approached as there was a 3 piece boat moored here, but there was enough room on the end of the pontoon for us.

 

Plan is to stay until tomorrow and then possibly move on to Washingborough Visitor moorings about 2 miles out of Lincoln (we are currently about 7 miles out) to remain for the weekend. If the moorings are full we’ll have to carry on into Lincoln, but Washingborough is my first preference.