We were just readying to move off when we were passed by another boat heading towards Napton locks too. Bother, that means they'll all be against us!
As we left the Marston Doles lock at the top of the flight, we met ice. Now we were glad that there was someone in front of us, he was ice breaking a way through.
Now I'll try something different here, I tried using the video button on the camera, never used it before, so you can hear the sound of the ice breaking as we move through.
At the next lock we got our first glimpse of Napton Windmill,
a tiny white dot in the centre on the horizon. (hardly noticeable here, sorry)
The village of Napton-on-the-hill, the windmill now on the left.
We have moored at Shuckburgh ready to get into Braunston tomorrow. We have also heard from the boatyard and they would like to get Tacet out of the water tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully there won't be too much more ice forming overnight.
Well, the video button worked ;) How thick do you think the ice was?
ReplyDeleteA beautiful sunset to conclude!
ReplyDeleteThat ice was really noisy. At what point do you decide it's too thick to be able to move off in the morning?
Glad the video thingy worked, i'll try that again sometime. Actually should have used that yesterday when we pulled Tacet out of the water! Doh!
ReplyDeleteWe reckon the ice was about 1/4 inch thick, thinner in some places, thicker in others.
If we'd had no reason to move, we would have stayed put yesterday I think.