Thorne to Lincoln
On the tuesday evening we decided to try an Indian in Thorne and found the recently opened Sadiquein King Street. I will be adding a piece in the pub and restaurant section, but in summary, highly recommended.
Wednesday morning we moved the boat to Thorne boat services next door to the visitors moorings and explained the work needed. Short work was made of removing the fender eyes from the top of the gunnels so that will be the last time they catch on a lock or landing stage. The eyes were followed by removal of the skin fitting that ventilated the battery box (redundant as the auto vent caps direct any gasses produced overboard) and welding flush, and lastly the toilet was refixed to the floor. The whole lot was charged at a very reasonable 2 hours labour plus parts.
We left Thorne around 1.30pm and arrived in Keadby just before 5pm.
Thursday an early start, up just after 6am and in Keadby lock by 7.10am. Within minutes the ebb tide had turned and started running in and we were out on the river heading for Torksey by 7.25am. Although a relatively high tide of 5m plus progress was not spectacular because of the large amount of "fresh" water in the river. At 1600revs (normally around 4mph in open water) we were making a maximum of 9mph slowing to around 6mph as we got closer to Torksey.
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| From June 2012 Leeds - Yelvertoft |
A day planned to look around Lincoln tomorrow before heading back to Saxilby for an overnight mooring.
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