We did not plan to move very far today because Christine had a Zoom meeting at 1.30 for at least a couple of hours. This meant being very sure that we had a decent mobile signal.
We left the marina around 9:30, reversing back out of our mooring slot, through the entrance onto the main navigation. It was then about half an hour to the town centre. There are two places where visitor moorings can be found but for a long time they were usually occupied by long term dwellers. Eventually the local Fenland Council started to be stricter about compliance in the 2 days locations.
We passed the first, quite short mooring (good if you really want shade). There was one boat that seemed to be there permanently but at least a couple of boats could have tied up here. The main town mooring is the other side of the road bridge, long enough for four boats if moored sensibly. There were two boats moored but it was clear that they were intending to move on once they had done some shopping. In any event, we were happy with the space at the far end (the first slot is a bit noisy, especially in the evening, as it is adjacent to the Ship Inn.
Our main task for the rest of the morning was also to go shopping - a reasonable Sainsbury store is close at hand. We were disappointed to find that the Morrisons store we used last time here has since closed down.
After a slightly early lunch, Christine settled down to her meeting - reception seemed satisfactory. later she went for a short walk in the town centre but Mike declined - he needed more rest!
We took advantage of being right next to a fish and chip shop to avoid cooking tonight. Quantities were not stinted and we could not finish all the chips!
With luck we may sort out a photo for the blog tomorrow.
1.1 Miles - 0 Locks
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