Heavy rain during night to mid-morning, followed by extreme winds and low temperatures, in which we commenced our return trip on the Ashby. It was back to hat, scarves and layers of sweaters. Through the Snaresdon tunnel without problem. 250 yards with a pronounced curve, mirroring the rest of the canal's contours. The Ashby goes through the quintessential English agricultural landscape and has an atmosphere all of it's own, but winds have nothing to stop them and as a consequence narrowboating was "interesting" today......and cold.
We moored early to watch the university boat race on TV.
The First-ever Ladies race was won by Oxford, as was the "usual" men's race that followed. Not a good day for me as a Cambridge supporter but Arsenal beat Burnley to become second in the Premier league, so all was not bad. The future looks bright.
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