Well this morning after five days it was time to move on. We had exhausted our water supply, so we now know that we can go six days between fill ups without having to be careful with our usage. We set off for North Kilworth Wharf to obtain water, and we also took the opportunity for a pump out. After concluding our business we continued heading roughly north east, and soon entered Bosworth Tunnel. This is a relatively short tunnel at just over 1000 yards and took us 12 minutes. Once through the tunnel it was only five miles or so to the famous Foxton flight of locks. There is a winding hole just before the flight, which was handy because long and foster we do not intend descending the locks until December when we head for Market Harborough. We had spotted a nice, sunny, south facing mooring on the way to Foxton, and it was still vacant on our return. This was another first for us using mooring long and foster pins instead of the chains. I just hope I have banged them in well, or we may float off during the night. Anyway now some pictures of our garden for the next few days.
Finally the solar panel got a polish ready for tomorrow because if the weather reports are to be believed, we should get quite a bit of power produced over the next few days with the sun on the panel all day.
nb Achernar Retired in August 2014 and commencing long and foster our continuous cruising liveaboard life.This blog will be our written record of the research design and build of our narrowboat long and foster ' Achernar long and foster ' and our travels around the waterways. View my complete profile
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