What a scorcher!

Moored in Northampton Marina

We are spending today and tomorrow in the marina in Northampton resting and preparing for our journey down the Nene.  First job this morning was a first pass stocking up with groceries.  Although the marina is a little way from the town centre there is a nearby Motrrisons where we bought some of the less perishable items we will need in the next week or so.  Then at lunchtime Denise started a lengthy wash at the marina's laundry.  We have two weeks worth of clothes and sheets and towels accumulated when we began our trip exactly one month ago.

It has been a very hot day in the boat.  Although our newly painted cream roof ensured that for some time it was cooler in the boat than outside the temperature in the saloon area is now 33degC.  The temperatures will have a significant impact on our plans for the Nene.  Overall we estimate the travelling time to Peterborough to be about 25 hours.  More than 3-4 hours a day could be as much as we could take standing on the exposed back deck so we could be talking about 8 days for the journey, which will make provisioning tight.