Wild Flower confetti

This morning the air is filled with wild flower seeds floating down slowly on unseen air currents, mostly from the prolific cow parsley that has for several weeks decorated the canal banks with it's white flowers. Recent "confetti "attacks have been by the petals of cherry and hawthorn trees, more gravity reliant than "weed" seeds and far less romantic. 

All I know at the moment is we are heading South on the Grand Union canal, to where I haven't a clue, but at least it is pleasant cruising weather.

Passing Taveners Boat club we were in new territory for us, horsey territory no less. Lots of stables and paddocks full of horses, a pleasant change from sheep and cows, but the beautiful countryside and views continued. We ran aground for lunch, attempting to moor, but easily escaped later.Cosgrove  is easily missed if you blink,but the only boating facilities of note are Cosgrove Marina and a couple of pubs. Cosgrove to Wolverton lacks scenery of any kind unless derelict corrugated asbestos sheds float your boat, whilst New Bradwell consists of acres and acres of mid-priced Lego houses, stretching to Great Linford and then the canal passes through a series of pleasant country parks, one containing a peace pagoda and another Gullivers Land, a children's theme park, which we moored nearby but out of earshot. A useful tip if you're looking for free parking for a children's day out. We transferred from Northamptonshire to Buckinghamshire Imperceptively earlier today.