8 September
It was distinctly chilly this
morning though the wind had dropped. Rain was promised so we dressed
appropriately and set out just before 9.00. Through Lower Wellingborough Lock
and into Wellingborough where we topped up the water and went to the nearby
Tesco’s for supplies. On through Upper Wellingborough Lock in drizzly rain
though it never did amount to very much.
This bicycle was here a month ago when we moored here. The people of Great Doddington must be very honest!
Three more locks and we then
moored up on a ‘wild mooring’ just above Earls Barton Lock. We’ve moored here before
and, judging by the mooring-pin holes in the ground, so have other people. You
just have to be OK with horses!
We intend going to church in Earls
Barton tomorrow so we walked into the village to see how long it takes. The
answer is 35 minutes, so it’s quite a good walk. Earls Barton is well worth a
visit. Its church dates back to Anglo-Saxon times and has a 10th century tower.
The other place to see is the Jeyes Chemist Shop. The building houses the Jeyes
Heritage and Pharmacy Museum, a gift shop, a room dedicated to Rupert,
Paddington, Winnie-the-Pooh and friends, plus a very good tearoom wonderfully
named The Apothocoffee. It is still owned by members of the Jeyes family and several of the staff who work there are family members too.
Although it has stayed grey and cool
all day, we seem to have escaped most of the rain.
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