1st June 2007

Location: Sutton Bonington.   N52:49:15 W1:15:48   

Woke up this morning to sunshine – almost forgotten what the sun looks like!!!

Took the dogs for a walk around the Lake Mead park beside our mooring. A lovely place.

Pulled the pins and headed north. At the first lock we met up with NB Fair-fa.

It turns out that Sheila and her husband Pat moved onto their Fair-fa seven years ago and have not looked back. They described their experience as every day being like a holiday.

We continued north with Fair-fa until Barrow Upon Soar where we stopped to pick up some bits and pieces in the village and to have lunch. Fair-fa were continuing on to Loughborough as they were wanting to go into the town to do a big shop.

After lunch, we continued north, passing Fair-fa on the way, finally mooring up near Sutton Bonington. This is a lovely isolated stretch of the river and the dogs can have some freedom to run in the early morning and late evening.

We lit the BBQ and had a nice meal and a couple of glasses of wine to end another very busy day (9 lock over 14 miles).

Going to rest up for a day or two as this is a lovely spot.

We were being watched as we passed under the bridge

Church at Normanton on Soar

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