A short morning cruise brought us back to the delights of Braunston. We had a walk round the village shops and pubs, and heard that the Braunston Festival had been washed out as exhibitors left after some torrential rain around lunchtime. That was a shame as the afternoon was sunny and reasonably warm, so if they had hung on it might have all been OK. We also got a kit to refurbish the old Floking water pump, (note to self: Midland Chandlers only sell Shurflo spares, but these seem to be identical to Floking spares).
Unusually we had found a free mooring just opposite Tony Redshaw's workshops, not far from the Boat House. After a meal there in the evening we got back to the boat before the next band of weather crossed in the night. If it hadn't been for the gusty wind and rain I might have slept through the noise of the extractor fans from the pub kitchen, (they go off around 11.30), and the sound of birds grazing the algae on the hull. I think perhaps the floodlighting from the pub allows the ducks to party on algae all night. Still, a nice mooring in the middle of things to watch the world go by.
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