March 6th
It's been 2 days since our return to the Mill, the final push having happened on Wednesday morning. With only three more locks to do, and having set off after breakfast, it was lovely to finally ascend Langley Bridge lock and to be greeted so enthusiastically by good friends Jim and Jenn. Several of the other moorers came out to welcome us back. Anyone would think we've been away for months.😂Anyway the kettle went on and coffees all round, it therefore took a good hour before I could move FS back to her mooring.
On Thursday we took a trip to Bamford in the Peak District to view a retirement park home site. We have been considering coming off the water for some time, and although we are not quite ready, it doesn't hurt to start looking.
The High Peaks is a stunning part of the country and the mobile home shown to us overlooked the River Derwent. Fishing rights also went with the property, my interest was immediately aroused! Also loads of walks in the area and Ladybower Reservoir was about a mile away so at first looked like the ideal place.
As lovely as it was there were a couple of downsides to its location. The first and definitely a dealbreaker in my eyes was that the Sheffield to Manchester railway line ran right alongside the park. In fact from the balcony it was almost in touching distance!
And secondly, being a small new park, no social activities other than taking a bus to Bamford, to where a bowling green, tennis courts and pubs were situated. Therefore, the search will continue, and we will now look in an area somewhere between Christine and Kev in Ashby and Colin and Iwona in Milton Keynes.
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