Blisworth Arm

Last week moved Albert onto the River Nene. The first stage was to pack up the boat and head for the Northampton Arm. We left Kingfisher last Thursday with misty skies but the sun soon burnt through.

Leaving our mooring

We had a good run up to Stoke Locks and found a very obliging crew waiting in the bottom lock. We had an efficient run up the flight with other boats coming down and even had the help of two CRT Volunteers. It all made for a good start for our trip down to Earls Barton.

Pumping from the River Tove

Stoke Bruerne Top Lock

With the Easter School holidays, Stoke Bruerne had a good number of visitors and trip boat Charlie was busy. The boat we shared locks with had not been this direction before and we a little uncomfortable about Blisworth Tunnel. We tried reassurance and they followed us through although at some distance behind. We met five boats coming the other way through the tunnel so our passage was slow. We also hung around after leaving the tunnel to make sure the following boat was OK.

We stopped for the night opposite Gayton Marina. The road noise from the A43 was a bit intrusive but mooring there did mean we could have a good start on the Northampton Flight on Friday morning.