https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/ June 09 This narrow boat had the most enormous solar panel on its roof - it certainly isn't going to get under any low bridges! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=38880834 38880834 What a strange place to build a bees nest! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=38880835 38880835 You can just make out Lady Arwen moored on the right just by the bridge which went over to the pub! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=38880836 38880836 Clive very expertly negotiated this extremely narrow entrance to the marina. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340718 39340718 As you can see from this the entrance to the marina was almost hidden. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340722 39340722 This lovely, well kept park flanked the canal. Can you spot the heron? https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340719 39340719 One of the plaques adorning the bridges in Berkhamsted. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340720 39340720 A strange sight to see on an English canal - an original Canadian totem pole! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340721 39340721 Well we had to save this for posterity didn't we! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39340723 39340723 These cute fluffy chicks were twittering away to themselves like budgies! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39341114 39341114 Their volume increased whenever the parents arrived with food https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39341115 39341115 How cute! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39341116 39341116 Unfortunately I couldn't get a pic of the parents - they move to fast! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39341117 39341117 Last one! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=39341118 39341118 We often see cats on boats. I keep trying to persuade Clive that we should have one - he doesn't agree! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40122605 40122605 There were three of these lift bridges on the flight, fortunately they were all open! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40122606 40122606 OK so they're not as big as the ones at Kew but thse are growing wild! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294006 40294006 This little fish is a young Roach and is actually about three inches long. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294000 40294000 The canal was teeming with these tiny baby fish. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294007 40294007 It was lovely to be on a broad river again. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294005 40294005 A new kind of lock to get used to. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294940 40294940 Well at least I only had to press buttons, nothing strenuous! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294004 40294004 This is a lovely tranquil place. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294002 40294002 It was lovely to see my clean clothes drying in the sunshine for free! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294939 40294939 This cow was extremely interested in our neighbour's dog! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294003 40294003 Believe it or not this was the first moving boat we had seen all day! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=40294001 40294001 This calf was having a real good chew on the poly bag covering our mooring pin! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003498 41003498 Clive was trying make friends with one of the cows! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003499 41003499 We shouldn't just ignore crows, they are actually very attractive birds. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003502 41003502 I just managed to get a quick shot of this duck as it flew over the boat. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003503 41003503 Couldn't resist a shot of these dabbling ducklings! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003504 41003504 We passed these moorings and had to come back under the bridge, turn round and reverse in! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003508 41003508 I always had an affinity with birds, its because I speak budgie! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003501 41003501 He really is an amazing character and great fun. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003505 41003505 He has lots of toys to play with but he also likes to pull corks to bits! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003506 41003506 He loves to be played with and tickled, you can tell he is almost laughing! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003500 41003500 He can actually be taken outside to enjoy the sunshine and chat to the local birds wearing his special harness. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003509 41003509 This is just the most perfect, peaceful mooring you could imagine. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003507 41003507 This damsel fly is the most incredible irridescent blue. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41003510 41003510 These beautiful cottages were just some of the very old buildings in Wadenhoe. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329330 41329330 We spotted this unusual building and were invited to go in and look at it by the farmer. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329335 41329335 Inside the dovecote you can see all the cubby holes that housed up to 650 birds. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329331 41329331 Clive insisted on having his photo taken sitting on this sundial that was made for the Millennium Celebrations. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329333 41329333 This ancient font was in the church of St Michael and All Angels. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329332 41329332 This is actually the name of this gorgeous chocolate box cottage. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329334 41329334 Clive's parents, Joan and Sydney, on their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329337 41329337 Chloe was very excited to being going upstairs at Grandma's for the first time in 12 years! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329336 41329336 Gareth giving Chloe a piggyback downstairs while her mum, Carol, watches on. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329338 41329338 This carp that we spotted near a lock was about two feet long! Honest, it was! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41332170 41332170 Clive took a photo of this bunny with really motheaten ears! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41332169 41332169 I spotted this strange spider on the cratch cover. I have no idea what it is, its not in our wildlife book! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41332168 41332168 Its all go! You can see Diggory on the right just leaving and the two cruisers waiting to go into the lock. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41332171 41332171 We spotted this little chap clinging to the riverside grasses singing his heart out. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329344 41329344 We were delighted to see two World War II fighter planes. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329339 41329339 We could hear their distinctive RR Merlin engines long before we spotted them. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329342 41329342 All that is left - the mound and this small pile of masonry! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329340 41329340 We had a brilliant view of our boat and the surrounding countryside from the top of the mound. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329341 41329341 These thistles are said to be descended from the seeds that Mary Queen of Scots sowed whilst incarcerated here. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41329343 41329343 This golden falcon on the Lantern Tower of the church was the crest of the House of York. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41332172 41332172 These cottages were obviously very old and had ancient glass in the windows and Collyweston tiled roofs. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478035 41478035 These very old cottages were once used for spillover guests from Fotheringhay Castle. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478036 41478036 We spotted this plaque on the gable end of one of the old houses in Fotheringhay https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478037 41478037 This lovely development of waterside properties even has moorings available to residents - mmmm interesting! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478038 41478038 These are the first Grebe chicks we have seen - Clive thought they looked like humbugs! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478039 41478039 This hot black cow was trying to cool off down by the river! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478040 41478040 We spotted this strange looking creature at one of the locks we came though. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478041 41478041 This duck is obviously sporting the latest in duck hairstyles! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478042 41478042 This absolutely stunning water mill has been turned into a private residence! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41478043 41478043 Yet another example of waterside sculpture. This one was very weird and wonderful! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860036 41860036 Double moored with Rosie Piper on the lovely Overton Lake. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860038 41860038 Another shot of this beautiful spot. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860039 41860039 Irene playing Cornamuse, an early type of clarinet and John on his pipes. A lovely blend of instruments. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860037 41860037 You can see how much space they have on board Rosie Piper, a much smaller boat than ours. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860040 41860040 Irene plays this wonderful instrument very well. It has hundreds of strings and is played by tapping the strings with little hammers. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860604 41860604 Another example of modern waterside development. Very tastefully done. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860041 41860041 As you can see, after the River Nene this waterway is very narrow and weedy! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860043 41860043 Moored in front of Rosie Piper before they went for their evening cruise. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=41860042 41860042 What a difference! It is really narrow compared to the broad River Nene! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460213 42460213 How amazing - we haven't seen Ed and his wife Jenny for 10 years! Fancy meeting them on the river in March! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460214 42460214 John bravely picked up this large water beetle which had wandered into the pub by mistake! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460215 42460215 They played a lovely duet on Cornamuse and pipes. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460216 42460216 Lady Arwen moored in the middle of March with Herbie, Rosie Piper and Guinevere. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460217 42460217 Neil and his wife Cath are the crew of Herbie. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460218 42460218 Amazing to see Jenny and Ed again after all these years. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460219 42460219 We had a great time in The Ship - the landlord, Clive, really enjoyed himself. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460220 42460220 All bald, facial hair diminishing from left to right, all in their fifties! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468571 42468571 It was lovely to see the sunshine sparkling on the wake behind us. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460221 42460221 These two waterways just crossed, no aqueduct - how does the water know which way to go! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42460222 42460222 These enormous wind turbines reminded Clive of something out of War of the Worlds! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468564 42468564 They really do look weird as you approach them and they are absolutely huge! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468565 42468565 We could see the turbines slowing down, then stopping altogether. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468569 42468569 Then the whole thing rotated into the new wind direction and slowly the blades began to rotate again. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468570 42468570 It was odd - up in front there was blue sky and sunshine but this was the view from behind! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468566 42468566 At first we thought it was going to miss us, then the wind veered and all of a sudden it was heading our way! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468567 42468567 One clap of thunder and the heavens opened. Fortunately Clive got his waterproofs on in time! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42468568 42468568 Harvey, Jack and Charis. It was lovely having them to visit us on the boat. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42473251 42473251 Yes its me! It doesn't happen very often but today I got to drive the boat - I did ok, we didn't hit anything! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42473252 42473252 Well it would have been quite hard to hit anything on a river this broad! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=42473253 42473253