And we are off

After glorious spring weather and hours of sunshine that was sometimes too hot to sit in, the last few days before departure have been decidedly chilly and this morning we set off at 7am on a very grey day with even some rain ......


No sign of life on Barrogill (Paul & Helen's Boat)as we crept slowly past

No sign of life anywhere in the yard..Goodbye Clifton for another 6 months.....

The early departure was in order to be moored up in time for the Wedding.  We cruised very slowly to Braunston, just 3 locks but passing a lot of moored boats which reduces our speed even further..........I wish it did everyone elses!!

Managed to moor in our usual spot just short of bridge 88, out in the open with a field of sheep opposite and Braunston Church Spire in the distance.  A hasty aligning of the satellite aerial enabled us to watch mainly a good picture, providing we both stayed on the same side of the boat......

We plan to stay here for the weekend as friends Fran & Keith and Maggie are joining us at the Boat Inn for Sunday lunch.

So far the computer is behaving itself....touch wood....Navvygator ran for the whole trip with no crashes.  I have managed to set up my MIFI dongle giving me a wireless net, successfully linked to the other computer, but have not yet fathomed out how to make the signal go from one end of the boat to the other.  I usually have the dongle at the stern under the pramhood cover and get a good signal in most places, however I would like to be able to access the internet from the front of the boat when I want.......some experimentation is obviously called for.  This will not involve hanging the dongle through any of the windows.  Last year I had to resort to that and forgot to bring it in and managed to knock it off coming into moor against a high wall.......straight to the bottom of course.
Another success has been my learning how to upload a video clip to the blog via UTube.......life is just one long learning curve........
Geoff is now the proud owner of his own computer (he's frightened to touch mine in case he makes it crash)which I decided he should bring with him...whether he ever takes it out of its case will be interesting....

7.8 miles, 3 locks, 3hours 20 min