My day of rest yesterday resulted in a day of action today, beginning with a trip to Bubbles, the local laundrette. It probably was the most efficient one to date with clear instructions written in speech bubbles on the walls. Let me tell you it’s no easy task working out some of the machines and where to put the detergent and which setting is best. A new skill learned over the past 5 months! I am not the most competent clothes washer at the best of times. Many a male garment has turned pink in our house or shrunk beyond recognition! As for ironing, I must be one of the few people who can make an ironed garment look more wrinkled after ironing than before!
Multi tasked by talking to my ‘Breathe’ friends on Zoom whilst the washing and drying was in progress and returned to the boat just as R was finishing a Zoom meeting. We decided to walk to Cosgrove as we want to moor there next, either today or tomorrow, and found a lovely route through a local park with scenic views of the valley. There were quite a lot of boats moored where we want to be, at the top of the Buckingham Arm. From there we can do our proposed walk to Deanshanger and as tomorrow looks a dry day the plan is to do it then. However I realised I have a meeting first thing tomorrow morning so best to move the boat today. Before leaving Wolverton groceries had to be bought as this is the last place, going north for quite some distance, where there are any large sized supermarkets close to the canal. It was 4pm by the time we were ready to leave and the promised rain had set in with a fine drizzle accompanying us all the way. Dressed in my full waterproofs, the weather was not a problem and we arrived just as the daylight was fading. The journey had given us enough hot water for a bath and as we are near to the next watertap there was no need to stint on its depth!
Whilst preparing supper I finished watching Bridgerton and after our weekly lent discussion group we finished watching The Queen’s Gambit. Two more series ticked off the list!
Our route 
Spot the heron 
Aqueduct 
Disused lock
NarrowboatTLC 