Saturday 20 February 2010

Hinckley to Congerstone.

Nice bright sunny and warm day...............shame about the ice!






Yesterday afternoon saw the snow returning with a vengeance,


This morning though, was a real treat for the eyes as we set off towards the elusive end of this canal.




We did have to follow in someone Else's footsteps through the ice, but at least that saved some of our "Blacking" (Hull Paint) for another day.








The sun was soon sparkling off of the broken ice in our wake.








Crunching our way ever forwards,





And the real benefits of the day were soon apparent. It doesn't get much better!!



Being overtaken by a speeding car no more than ten yards away from the boat, was a bit strange to say the least.

The light came very true this afternoon, the canal looks even more blue than the sky.

There was no stopping us today, until, of course, we got to this mooring.

Passing NB Pickles no2 and NB Armadillo on our way back up the Ashby made us feel that we might be getting around a bit too quickly.

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Until next time...........................

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