Ferry Meadows Country Park to Peterborough and on to Middle Level Navigations
After a final walk around the lovely Ferry Meadows, and coffee with the crew of Chesterton, both boats moved back across the lake and off towards Peterborough, making a slight deviation off to the left to the Rowing Club where there are a few mooring spots, useful for future reference. We then pulled alongside Asda, with its own gated river access for boaters, did some shopping and moved off in very strong winds, and after 2 attempts, managed to moor for the evening in Peterborough.
We have reserved a slot tomorrow morning with the lock keeper at Standground lock, as we are moving onto the Middle Levels. This means we use yet another style of windlass, and in a different way, and the Commissioners refer to us as being navigators. Our passage is along the Kings Dyke, and then Whittlesey Dyke, these have such long straight stretches, that you could put the boat onto automatic pilot. The banks are sometimes above the adjoining flat fields, and often below. We are now just about at sea level - give or take - and thank goodness the sun shines or this journey might just become a little tedious in pouring rain!
As mooring en route continues to be tricky, Flood Ferry caravan park and marina just south of March, appears like an oasis, and a swift telephone call confirms that there is an overnight mooring. So this is where we are now. The wind blows pretty strong in these parts, no wonder there are so many farms with high trees screening them, rather reminscent of French waterways.
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