Down the River Nene

August 2023 - July 2025

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Somewhere completely new for us this year. Heading down the Northampton arm and onto the river Nene. Read more

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- Day 7
- Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 10:32 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 89 ft
- England Thorpe Waterville 52.417595, -0.50941752°25’3” N 0°30’34” W
Oundle
August 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
An idyllic but very hot trip from Thrapston. Steve left early and his buses all arrived to get him back to Northampton for his trains back home. It was lovely to have him and Sally with us.
We had another couple of locks with wheels to lift the gates which were very hard work. Moored on an unofficial mooring in Oundle and visited the zone e breweryRead more
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 102 ft
- England Thrapston 52.4033, -0.5420852°24’12” N 0°32’31” W
Thrapston
August 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Andrew met a man called Mike that he had worked with in South Africa moored in the boat behind us!! It was a lovely sunny day and we were able to share locks with another boat. Two of the people on board were lovely but the older man was a right miserable git.
We tried to moor in Islip but it was full and we had a very difficult manoeuvre to get out again to moor further on where we squeezed in between 2 other boats.
Met up again with Mike and his wife Steph for a drink then back for nightcaps on the back deck.Read more
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, August 8, 2023
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 125 ft
- England Wellingborough 52.29018, -0.68136752°17’25” N 0°40’53” W
Wellinborough
August 8, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Weather turned wet so we stayed for half a day. Bit of a run down place although it has some nice old buildings. Long walk from the canal but a great pub
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- Day 4
- Monday, August 7, 2023
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 157 ft
- England Whiston 52.249836, -0.74629652°14’59” N 0°44’47” W
Earls Barton
August 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
TravelerLovely relaxed journey from Northampton to Earl Barton. The locks are interesting. Gates at the top and automated guillotine gates at the bottom. We walked into Earl Barton this evening for a drink at the White Swan which was average but very dog friendly.
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- Day 1
- Friday, August 4, 2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 243 ft
- England Dallington 52.225572, -0.93338152°13’32” N 0°56’0” W
Rothersthorpe locks
August 4, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We set off earlier than expected and decided to tackle the Rothersthorpe locks today as the weather forecast is terrible for tomorrow. They were fine until we got to lock 13 when we encountered the dreaded blanket weed. We had to stop twice to clear the prop and eventually made it to lock 25 where we are moored for the night.Read more
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- Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 11:59 PM
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 46 ft
- England Oundle 52.4871, -0.46152°29’14” N 0°27’40” W
Oundle
July 12, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Walked out not into town. Beautiful place. Excellent charity shops. Had a coffee and cake. Visited brewery for an early evening drink
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- Wednesday, July 12, 2023
- 🌬 21 °C
- Altitude: 43 ft
- England Oundle 52.487062, -0.4610352°29’13” N 0°27’40” W
Oundle again
July 12, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Spent the morning in town shopping and looking around and stopped for a coffee and cake. Back for lunch then a quick trip to Waitrose followed by sitting in the bow reading. Nice relaxing day.
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- Monday, June 5, 2023
- Altitude: 187 ft
- England Dallington 52.232325, -0.88852252°13’56” N 0°53’19” W
Northampton
June 5, 2023 in England
Did some shopping in the morning and a bit of tidying up the boat before meeting Steve and Sally from the station. The woman on the adjoining boat was not very happy to see a patterdale terrier who wanted to kill her kitten. Visited The Malt Shovel then back for roast lamb and blackberry crumble.Read more
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