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Boats, boats and yet more boats
Well, after 3 years in the North East and North where seeing more than three boats was a busy day it's quite a shock to the system to be back on the Grand Union.
First the hour and a half hour wait at Watford locks while three boats come up the flight,then the 10 Boats queuing at the bottom of the flight. Once we reached Norton junction and join the GU main line then it's a continuous procession of boats, including passing no less than three in Braunston tunnel.
Having passed our planned mooring at the Lord Nelson (Braunston lock no 3) we decided to moor on the bank between Braunston Turn and Napton only to discover an almost long line of boats moored a few lengths apart. Eventually we find a bit of bank spare near Flecknoe.
Tommorrow another day with not too many miles but 11 locks to the Blue Lias or 13 locks to Cuttle. With the forcast being rain for the afternoon will try for an early start, early finish.
Web site changes
Further updates to the web site to improve the way the trip data is stored and displayed. The data is now held in a database and displayed as needed this helps to maintain the data and makes changes and updates much easier then editing the web content which was needed with the previous solution.
For logged on users there is also new daily and fuel logs which may get moved to the public area when the data is loaded and checked.
I have also changed the main page layout to move all of the navigation out of the left column to increase the page width for the main content.
Mobile web site
A new mobile version of the web site is now availiable on http://m.chelonian.co.uk smartphones and tablets will automatically be directed to the mobile site, if you want to access the full site from your phone scroll to the bottom of the page and select the "standard site" link.
The Wettest Drought is over, now the floods
Apparently the drought is over, now we have had the wettest June on record, and July is heading the same way.
It looks like got out of the north east just in time, as the River Aire is now in flood. Unfortunatly our next destination, the South West is also suffering with flood warnings out for the River Salwarp (Dritwich canals), Avon and Severn. Currently we would not be able to use the planned route for the next trip. Hopefully things will have improved by August.
Yelverftoft Marina
After breakfast we set out for Yelvertoft marina, a dry morning, but extremely windy.
When we arrived at the marina there was a howling gale blowing directly across the entrance promising to make manoeuvring "interesting" so we moored up at the marina entrance and went to find where our berth was. After some discussion with the marina staff we were allocated a berth immediately opposite the entrance to make access as simple as possible. A quick blast through the entrance and across the marina and we were safely in the berth. A final clean and tidy and connect up the shore supply and time to leave the boat for a few weeks.
