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In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.

Saturday 26 June 2010

Corn Crake


At our moorings in Cassiobury Park Locks there was a river running near by. Again the weather was hot so I decided to take the dogs for a swim. I took my camera thinking I would take pictures of the dogs enjoying themselves. To my horror I let go of my camera thinking I had the strap looped over my arm only to see it rolling down the slope and straight into the water. Well I fished it out and removed the memory card hoping that all the pictures on it would still be readable. I then took it to Ian with that look that said could you fix it?. He took it apart, put it in the warmest part of the boat to dry out and lo and behold the next day it worked. How lucky was that!!
This was on my camera when it fell in. I saw this bird with her chicks I wondered what it could be. Luckily as I am a TV addict Spring watch came on and the self same bird appeared on the show.

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