Date - 29/12/06 Day - Friday Start - 10 am End - 1-30 pm Opposite Stockton Marina
Last night the weather changed quite quickly after the sun went down. The wind picked up and it started to rain. By the time we went to bed it was blowing a right holey. I should have taken the engine exhaust pipe off, but I didn't so it rattled around all night and woke me several times. When we were ready to set off this morning it was still raining a bit with a stiff breeze making things interesting if you had to wait for other boats at Bridge holes. I was hoping to fill with Diesel at Calcutt boats but unfortunately they were closed, but I should have enough for the weekend. The new basin at Calcutt is looking very smart now its open, unlike Ventner farm which is still just one big mud bath with some finger moorings and about 6" of rain water in it. We continued on down to the Boat at Stockton, mooring up just as Charles and Pauline arrived to take over "Mucky Duck" Chard and Carolyn weren't far behind them. After loading the "Mucky Duck" they retreated to the Boat pub for lunch before carrying out a car shuffle to Ventner farm. The reason being that Chard and Carolyn intend to spend the latter part of the trip with Joan and John returning to Ventner Farm. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/
