Monday, 19 June 2017

Chapter 11 - Enjoying the summer


...summer had suddenly broken through




...work being done on hulls, cabins and engines


I waved goodbye to a very happy Trevor and Sarah


We’d seen the other NB Kantara twice in our first year on ours.


...found her on Ebay



...Said the Maiden opening for folk-rock legends
Fairport Convention at the Darwen Library Theatre


We drove out to Gawthorpe Hall.




...the hills and dales of the Forest of Bowland




...the unexpectedly charming, fascinating castle town of Clitheroe




...Thornton Cleveley, on the coast





...we drove into Blackpool, too





...we arrived at Formby Point






...we still had time for a visit to Rufford Old Hall





Dunham Massey









Saturday morning was positively pleasant 
as we drove off to the Crick Boat Show.



At this time of the year there's May blossom galore, 
white and pink in rich green foliage.



...flag irises


There are cows... and birdlife in profusion.



This stretch of the GU Leicester Line is truly delightful.




We passed Karen and Darren (aka "The Arrens") in Cream Cracker


Arriving yet again at the top of Foxton Locks...


On the other side of the canal, a swan was sitting on her eggs...


Our return journey to Yelvertoft was just as pleasing as the outward.











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