From St Neots to St Ives, River Great Ouse
Today began with a disappointing grey and overcast morning, but we are not fairweather sailors! Our first lock at Godmanchester, on the outskirts of Huntingdon, has a lockside remote camera, recording all that is occurring, so we behaved accordingly and waved!
The skies did lift and by the time we reached Huntingdon, and moored for a quick visit, all was bright. The town was another very quiet and tidy with attractive flowers and that cared for feeling. Then as we departed from Huntingdon the two fishermen we have been shadowing in their small cruiser appeared, apparently the fish are being rather elusive. We also saw some people enjoying the game of boule, serious stuff measuring the nearest score - are we in France?
At the next lock we found we were, unusually, sharing the lock with a few others, as our picture shows. The old fashioned wooden boat is almost 50 years old and so the owners were naturally being very careful moving her in and out of the lock.
We lunched at Hemingford Grey, where a regatta is due to take place on Saturday - children rowing and an intervillage tug of war across the water. We recall seeing some light hearted rowing practice when we moored here a couple of weeks ago.
Our mooring this evening is alongside a grassy bank just upstream from St Ives, all alone, apart from the occasional rower or passing cruiser. The view up river is just perfect in the sun.
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