Winding Down

JoDee and Paul were the first ones up at 6:30, so they started up the boat and we got going by 7:00. We were supposed to be back at the base by 9:00, and we still had the two long tunnels to go through. The tunnels went beautifully: Bob drove through the first one, and Paul the second. We discovered long after we’d been through them the first time how long they were: 424 and 572 yards. The photo above is as we were coming out of the second tunnel.

We ran out of water this morning—should have at least put SOME water in yesterday, but chose not to. I was the only one to get a shower this morning, and it started sputtering on me. The thing we were most panicked about as a group was not having enough water for coffee. Never mind the showers, coffee is the most important thing! We did OK, though we had to wait until we got back to the base and had a little water added in order to wash our dishes.

Arrived back at Acton Bridge at 8:50am, unloaded our stuff, and left for home. On the way home, we stopped at a nice little village called Bakewell, famous for the Bakewell tart. Had a nice light lunch that included sandwiches, scones, tarts and tea, and loaded up to finish the drive home.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to post again, as we are going to the horse races this evening. Should be fun, but I expect we’ll be home late enough that I need to get packed up in order to leave pretty early in the morning for the train to London. It’s time to come home….