Day 15 - Newton Harcourt to Glen Parva

Wednesday 17th August

6 miles, 13 locks

Another blazing hot day. Set off about 9.30 through beautiful countryside passing a hire boat about to set off so did the first two locks with them. At the next they went on to go down with the single boat ahead and we waited for Elizabeth Austin, Nick and Ann, who we have seen a lot and chatted to over the last week.

Lunch at Kilby Bridge

On arriving at Kilby Bridge met the hire boat only to find a woman had fallen at the third lock and was waiting for a taxi to take her to A&E. Found out later it was a soft tissue injury not a fracture.

Tucked into the reeds at Glen Parva

Sat out at Kilby Bridge for lunch before doing more locks with the hire boat (Ann and Nick having turned round to head back to Napton). Stopped at a shallow, rural mooring on a tilt! Hadn't moored long when bulls either side of the canal had a stand off. What a racket and a lot of stamping the ground.

Paul was sorting the anchor out ready to join the River Soar tomorrow when he heard a splash. A boy had come off his bike into the canal. Sent Paul off with a towel and Ribena. He was alright, just shocked.




Went for a stroll around Glen Parva nature reserve before eating a curry that I had cooked using the Sri Lankan spice mix that Rob and Claire had bought me for my birthday.