Thursday 26th July 2018

A long day today. We left Peterborough at 7.55am and headed out under the bridges, some of which have some good artwork/graffiti to Orton Sluice. This structure looks much more frightening than it is as boaters just head for the lock on the right hand side. I imagine the whole system looks more exciting when the river is in flood.

As we passed under the rail bridge at Wansford one of the historic diesel trains was passing above us. It was running on the Nene Valley Railway which travels for 7 miles. We often take a ride on these historic lines but not this time.

Some lovely houses near Wansford Marina and an extensive caravan park at Yarwell lock.

Unfortunately the site lacks trees and so much more could have been made of a very good location on the bank of the River Nene.

The bridge at Fotheringhay was again challenging but at least the covering of Fotheringhay church seems to be coming off so we could see a little more of it than we did when we passed here 2 and a half weeks ago.

An interesting boat house with seating on the roof although I think it is quite a few years since a boat has been housed here.

We moored near Oundle at a very nice site provided by Friends of the River Nene. We didn’t stop until 6.30pm and had travelled about 22 miles and worked 10 locks. Our longest day of this holiday.