Wansford Station

Had a very good meal last night at the Falcon in Fotheringay, a multi-award winning gastropub.  We would highly recommend to any visiting boater.

The weather was pleasantly cooler today, which was lucky as the scarcity of moorings has resulted in  a longer journey than usual.  We set off at 8:30 so as to finish by lunchtime. The first lock was Warmington, our final manually operated guillotine lock on this journey, a pleasing milestone.

Typuical Lower Nene scenery.

 Our journey took us from the Middle to the Lower Nene.  The latter presents a different type of landscape to that we have found so far with flat farmland on both sides of the generally wide and deep river.   This has enabled us to travel at a steady 3.5 mph with no strain on the engine.

Densie moored below Wansford Station

Thomas the Tank Engine under repair

NVR's engines at Wansford Station

We arrived at the Wansford Railway station moorings, about 2 miles from the inaccessible by boat village of Wansford,  at lunchtime as planned and in the afternoon visited the adjacent Nene Valley Railway yard and workshops there.  The station is owned by the NVR who run vintage trains to Peterborough and Yarwell several days a week, though sadly not today.

Today: 7.6 miles, 4 locks, 4 hours 15 minutes.