Another combination of boat, bike and bus over a beautiful spring weekend in Buckinghamshire.
I arrived at lunchtime on Friday at the Camping and Caravanning Club (C&CC) site in time for the gates to open for the first time this season. The site is quite pretty and the staff incredibly friendly, but the toilets and showers are probably 2/3 the size of normal ones! Despite our anger at the C&CC new improved (ha!) pricing structure, the site is very handy for where Martin moored his narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal.
Once I plugged in I cycled over to the boat and we then had a pootle around the area, stopping at the "cathedral of trees" (disappointing) before heading to a nice local pub for a pint or three of Doom Bar. We then cycled into MK (I didn't realise it is so hilly) to meet Debs at the station and then cycled the 3 miles back again, got changed and repaired to the pub for dinner.
Saturday was written off by watching the 6 Nations Rugby on the boat then the first BBQ of the season back at the bus, but we did manage a 4 mile cycle along the towpath to the Rohan outlet store.
On Sunday we had another long ride up the steep hill into town, had lunch in the pub and then settled down for a long afternoon relaxing, drinking wine and eating cheese on the boat. With the glorious weather, and great company, it was a memorable weekend.
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