High winds and Foxton

A very rough night. Gusty winds of up to 40mph caused a few bumps in the night. Tardis two is 62ft, as was" I Dunno"  next door,whilst the narrow pontoons are shared and less than half that length, so it was inevitable some contact would be made. Lynne shifted the fenders twice during the night in her dressing gown and at great personal risk to lessen the impact on contact. Fortunately Lynne wears more clothes in bed than during trips out in the day.

At 0700hrs we filled with water, disconnected our power supply and slunk as quietly as we could out of the quay, but only after Lynne had written an apology card for " I Dunno". It was still blustery but we cruised to a fairly sheltered spot near the locks and flopped into bed to catch up on some missed sleep and recover from the effort of steering Tardis Two in unabated winds for 3 hours, although to be fair, she behaved immaculately. The lady on "I Dunno" phoned to thank us for the card and to exonerate us from any blame for last night's shannanigan's.We guessed she had obtained our phone number from the Marina office, but it was kind of her to ease our minds. The combination of all the factors listed previously were mutually agreed.  We woke and arose for lunch to note the wind had dropped slightly and the sun was attempting to appear. Whether (excuse the awful pun) we'll attempt to make further progress today remains to be decided, but conditions need further improvement at this stage and time is moving on.

It was late in the evening before the wind gradually faded by which time we had reached a decision to stay put. I took the opportunity of downloading remastered versions of the Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon greatest hits albums, which should fill future evenings without a TV signal.

The weather for tomorrow is forecast to be almost summer-like, so all being well we should be able to tackle Foxton locks at long last, but we'll wait and see.