The weather when we woke up was grey and damp. However by 9:45 when we left Northampton Marina with narrowboat Winter Rose the clouds had begun to clear. The route took us out of Northampton through 3 sets of standard double width locks to the first of the iconic Nene guilotine locks at Weston Flavell.
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| Descending Clifford Hill Lock |
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| Densie and Winter Rose in Billings Lock |
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| Cruising down the Nene near Whiston Lock |
By now the weather had cleared with blue skies and a pleasant cool breeze. We had originally planned to moor here but as the sun was not too hot we decided to carry on to White Mills Marina. So a further 4 guilotine locks down this lovely waterway with large numbers of damsel and dragon flies and assorted birds. We were particularly pleased to have a perfect view of a red kite as it flew overhead.
We arrived at Whte Mills Marina and moored up at a visitor mooring at 3pm.
Totals: 7.5 miles, 8 locks, 5 hours 10 min ravelling
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