Monday 30th May
As predicted the weather has, once again, been truly awful! It rained constantly until about 1pm by which time we were in the pub, of course. I spent the morning doing a bit of cleaning. We have had such a lot of locks to do lately and they have been so close together that I haven’t spent much time actually on the boat while we have been travelling. Nor have I had the inclination to start cleaning when we have finished after all the physical exertion! Sometimes, if there is a break of a mile or so between locks I can get the hoover out or do a bit of dusting but not recently.
After my cleaning spree we tried to get George to go for a walk but he refused to go more than a few yards. As it was tipping down at the time and no one had mentioned going to the pub I can’t blame him! So we went off to Morrison’s and then back to the Polished Knob for some more of their lovely cheap beer. B and B joined us after a while and we passed a pleasant hour or so there.
When we emerged from the pub it had stopped raining, hurrah. B and B went off to Morrison’s and we went back to the boat. A little while later we were having a chat with a man who was walking along the towpath when we spotted Barry returning alone with the shopping bags and guessed, correctly, that Barbara had disappeared into The Factory Shop for a little retail therapy. She returned some time later, laden with goodies!
Tomorrow we are going to Hebden Bridge.
