The best laid plans

We spent today doing not a lot and eating chocolate eggs.

The water level had dropped about 7cm overnight and another couple during the day today, not quite enough for us to be confident of reaching the next moorings. Then another narrowboater came upstream and told us Islip bridge was reading 1.6 metres, that left us needing a drop of over 40cm to have any hope of getting to Peterborough. We looked at the maps and debated our options, we reckon we have about five days to reach a boatyard before we have problems with our water and fuel levels. There is one not far back upstream and a marina just downstream too. Of course, all the time we are using fuel and water the boat is getting lighter and floating higher in the water. I'll leave you to follow that to it's logical conclusion.

We have decided to give it a couple more days to see what happens but are beginning to think we aren't going to make it to Peterborough. It looks as if we might have to wait until autumn to replace our chairs with our sofa, which is being delivered to Mandy on Wednesday. Luckily it is flat-pack, so hopefully they can put it in our car and it can sit there and wait for us. If we do turn back we hope they can come and see us on one of Tony's days off before the Easter holidays are over, so at least we will get to see them all. If not we may hop on a coach or train and pay them a visit.

We shall have to wait and see what tomorrow brings.