This is Steve & Viv Carter's log of the trips and travails on the narrowboat Adagio – liveaboards from October 2015. Then back to the shore, in Trefin, Wales from November 2019. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." (Mark Twain)” narrowboatadagio@gmail.com cranog5@gmail.com
Valentine’s Day
Thirty nine years ago, we got engaged. Italian restaurant, Southampton. So today, we chugged on, to bridge 37 – only an hour and a half but chance to have a pub lunch.
A very foggy start – with an evil looking, post-apocalyptic sunIt soon brightened up into a gloriously sunny day & desertedWe moored just past bridge 37 and sauntered up to South KilworthPast the Stanford reservoirA long road but beer & food at the endWe were very lucky, they are normally closed lunchtimes, in winter, but a walking party had booked in, so yes, we could eat . . 2 x lasagnes and beer! Happy Anniversary!It were a long road back but downhill.We decided to chug onwards to the Welford junction (to swing the boat) and then go back past bridge 37 and on to bridge 33 for the night.It was a good day for photography, so clear & bright – you could see the Death Star quite clearlyViv gets to drive for a bitShe looks really professional! Calm & relaxed (ish),Scenic bridge 40Steve, hmm, the right caption would be “Plonker”Viv took this – chaotic swirls?“Better out than in” would be this caption – my perfect bridge for reflections. Is this really February? Sun hat on and coat off!!Don’t often get his photo – Steve putting up the aerials and his weather station – always asking, where the hell is North?? See the website weather.vivatek.co.ukBeautiful mooring spot by bridge 33. Spot the very tired doggie?I did try and wait for them to pose in their “heart” position, well, it is Valentine’s Day.It is a very scenic spotAnd here’s my Valentine – feeding those swans . .