Friday 15 May 2015

As you are all aware yesterday it just rained and rained and rained so we stayed put in our nice spot and did some jobs - finally fixed the loo handle - we had to take the whole thing off the wall but we now have a perfectly working handle, put our new picture on the bedroom wall and did some boatwork!

I forgot to mention that the first moving boat we saw on Wednesday was Willow - the very same boat that we saw back on the Grand Union and came through Camden Lock with!  We also bumped into them today just before we got back to Roydon.

The River Lee was just as nice coming back in the opposite direction.  We went for a walk in Hertford and met Steve's parents for lunch then went down to the turning point and did a ten point turn, back past where we had moored and a pit stop to fill up water and empty the loos!

 

 

Thanks for our cross-stitch picture Auntie Jan - we love it!

 

A Moorhen - she has built her nest in a crate filled with concrete on a wier!

A slightly better picture of a Mandarin Duck than the last one.

We found some great buildings walking around Hertford

The Green Dragon Hotel

The refurbished houses at the end of the navigation at the turning point - Steve says this part of the river was full of rubbish when he was a teenager - it looks pretty good now.

Back under the last bridge - it's just as well we remembered to remove the chimney as the water level seems to have risen after all that rain - we had to duck too!

The Old Barge Pub

One of the best jobs I leave for Steve!

It's hard to believe that so many people have told us that the River Lee isn't very nice - not our experience of it.

Bye Alfie

The home made catamaran from the front - must be cold in there in the winter.

 

I'm pleased to say the gates were a lot easier going back this way at Hardmead Lock.

I wish you could smell this stretch of river - the perfume of hawthorn blossom takes me right back to playing in the woods near Boxes Lake when I was a kid.

Who says you can't have a garden if you live on a boat!

Lots of babies.

The smell of the wild flowers is so strong today - must have been all that rain yesterday.

Willow going into Roydon Marina!

Brick Lock

Go on Steve - your turn to climb the ladder!

How about this for a greenhouse mum?

Moored outside Roydon Marina - that's our space over there - going back in next week.



Trying to feed the ducklings but dad has decided he needs feeding more!