Ophelia

Ophelia Afloat

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April 30th 2011
Saturday. Left Yelvertoft near Crick at 10:15. Weather sunny but with a keen wind. Uneventful until reaching Watford Top Lock. We are boat number 9 in the queue! Time of arrival in the queue is 12 noon. Through the locks by 16:00 and we decided to proceed through Braunston Tunnel before looking for a mooring for the night. Lovely, sunny day but quite breezy. David played with his new gizmo ... read more

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