Whittlesey

The boatyard guy moving our boat to start on the servicing before we had breakfast and quickly changed the oil and filters and fixed the broken engine compartment hatch.  We left the Marina at 9:50 and cruised onwards through the Middle Levels in sunny weather though with a headwind.  We travelled fairly quickly up the Old River Nene but when we turned on to Whittlesey Dyke we slowed down to about 2.5 mph because the waterway was narrow and shallow with a fairly strong current, and of course the headwind.

Despite the uninteresting flat scenery mostly hidden by high banks we spent a lot of this section of the journey looking at the numerous fish in the clear waters around the boat.  Mostly perch I think with red fins though we did see one larger fish about 1 foot long - perhaps a bream, though I know very little about fish.  Eventually the waterway broadened and our speed increased but the waters became silty and so we could no longer see the fish.

Moored at Whittlesey

We entered the fenland town of Whittlesey past warehouses and other modern industrial buildings, up the one lock and moored for the day at the town leisure centre at 2pm.  During the afternoon we walked into town - most of the many small shops were closed on Saturday afternoons and there is little else of interest.