As the wheel of the year turns and we move into Autumn, we're still enjoying some glorious early September weather which our hire boaters are out and about enjoying. It still looks like summer outside Oundle Cruising Club with boats moored up enjoying the hospitality! Sammy is waiting patiently in the sunshine at Lower Barnwell Lock off on a trip downriver.
Meanwhile there are exciting things a foot on the river! A new association, Friends of the River Nene (FoTRN) has recently set up and is busy finding and setting up new overnight moorings for boaters and visitors to our lovely river, something which has been in short supply for quite some time now! I shall be adding the new moorings into our holiday routes for next year. They have currently secured moorings at Ditchford, Islip and Woodford with more in the pipeline. We look forward to trying them out for ourselves soon. You can find out more about them, get involved with their work and join here. There is also a Helpdesk number 07779 819271.
One of FoTRN first moorings at Ditchford, with the first visitor trying it out! You can see the now defunct railway bridge across the river in the background, part of the the old Peterborough to Northampton line.
Helping to clear the mooring at Ditchford below - anyone can get involved no matter how small!
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Meanwhile, we are now coming to the end of our main hiring season and our last customers of the year set off at half term and what a lovely day for it. It was so sunny the sunglasses even came out! |
And it is officially one of the warmest Halloween's on record, trick or treating in a t-shirt! Happy Halloween everyone and enjoy yourself whatever you may be up to - watch out for the ghosts and ghoulies!
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