Godmanchester to GOBA moorings before Buckden Marina
3 miles, 1 lock
Yet another day of wall to wall sunshine and blue skies. We are beginning to feel rather spoilt, but are certainly not complaining. Monty and I headed off to Port Holme Meadow for our morning perambulation - what a difference a few weeks makes. I took this photo on 6th June when everything was lush and green with an abundance of wild flowers in bloom,
Today it was dry and brown with not a flower in sight
One end has been cut down - I suspect the rest may follow in due course.
A quick foray to the One Stop shop to get the paper took us past this building on the main street
Nan, if you see this can you please let me know what these two 'scarecrows' are there for?
The Chinese bridge - so scenic
taking us past that Chinese bridge again
Back up to the lock from where one boat had gone
and on to Brampton lock - the mill wheel is operational. It is a shame that there is nowhere to moor - it must be worth exploring.
We were joined by Protea in the one lock of the day
Just a short way from the lock we found the moorings we were looking for and even better they were empty! It is an idyllic mooring - total peace and quiet with very little foot fall going past the boat.
Mid afternoon we were joined by a cruiser who just made it in before his engine packed up completely. He thought it might be clogged filters, so set too to change them both.
We had a quiet, relaxing, peaceful afternoon and the day finished with a barbecue - Monty, as always, had to ensure Chris did it all correctly!
ps - is there anyone out there who uses blogger and can give me a clue why suddenly I am not getting email notification when comments are waiting for moderation? I have checked my settings and it all looks okay. Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
7 comments:
Tom on the Waiouru blog seems to be having the same problem
http://www.narrowboat-waiouru.co.uk/2018/06/no-email-advice-of-blog-comments.html
Have a look at this; http://www.narrowboat-waiouru.co.uk/2018/06/i-think-ive-fixed-blogger-comments-issue.html?m=1
Just noticed a newer post with a possible fix
http://www.narrowboat-waiouru.co.uk/2018/06/i-think-ive-fixed-blogger-comments-issue.html
Godmanchester has a scarecrow competition each year. This year the theme is Roald Dahl - so these are two of The Witches. There are lots of scarecrows around the village - an excellent Willy Wonka, a huge Mr Fox, rather a charming little Matilda - etc. etc. Do take a walk around if you are here again, they are worth seeing!
Hi Jennie, have a look at Tom's post http://www.narrowboat-waiouru.co.uk/2018/06/i-think-ive-fixed-blogger-comments-issue.html
but I don't actually know if it's made any difference to mine!
Pip on Oleanna http://www.oleanna.co.uk said to go into the design page of your blog, click on comments (on the left) and comments awaiting moderation. I had no idea that even existed but found several messages lurking in there.
Enjoying your blog from 'foreign parts'!
Debby
Thank you all for your help and Tom for the fix. I knew about the comments awaiting moderation page, Debby - that is where I found this lot today - I should look more often! I have tried the fix, hopefully it will work. Jennie
Thank you also to whoever posted about the Godmanchester scarecrows. I now remember some when we were here in 2014. We will be back and will try to find some of the others.
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