*HOME AGAIN, SALTFORD MARINA* Fri 10th Aug ‘07 This is the

HOME AGAIN, SALTFORD MARINA

Fri 10th Aug ‘07
This is the one, the last blog entry from our journey! While I may summarise later, our journey is now over and the reality of life must intrude. The bank manager calls!
Last night we moored at Bathampton and were visited by Kevin and Jane from the TR car club and Paul and Jacqui, who have been our constant help as we trundled around the system. Of course we had too much to drink, but that’s nothing new for me at least.
This morning we set off with the Bath locks ahead of us. We paired up with a single handed boater and negotiated the 6 locks, culminating in Bath Deep lock, one of the locks to do on the system.
Moving onto the river we stopped at the Sainsbury’s supermarket which is close to the river to do a bit of provisioning and then continued on to Weston Lock, the final hurdle in our journey home.
As we approached Saltford we were told to moor at the pub overnight, but when we actually arrived there was no room so we had to go into the marina and take a temporary mooring until tomorrow when another boat is leaving.
We’re tied up and plugged in, a bottle of Champers has been cracked and tomorrow we’ll go out looking for a car. The minutia of ordinary life is already intruding.
Tonight we will once again go out with our good friends Paul and Jacqui. Paul has offered to take us out looking for cars tomorrow, and his knowledge will be a great help in negotiations on price.