I realise I haven't written anything since arriving at Cropredy so I'd better do a catch up. Luke and I went to the Fairport Warm Up gig at Woodford Halse. I really liked the venue and it was good to see that (almost) all the old Fairporters were there.The festival weekend was great fun. Luke and Yas came up and were on the guest list so they were able to camp in a really good site behind the main stage! They had come to see Richard Thompson as they are mega fans of his and Yas has known him all his life. I spent the Thursday and Friday at the two pubs which had good bands on AND good weather which made it all much, much better. On the Saturday I also managed to get on the guest list so was able to see Morris On, Calan, Big Country, Dennis Lecorriere and, of course, Fairport. Loads of the boaters from my "local" patch came over for the festival this year, too.
I have been slowly returning from the festival since then, interspersed with other commitments and events. Tom and Gemma came up to visit with Hollie. She's getting big although she was a bit of a grump that weekend. The following week I was on childcare duty with Paris. The weather was good all week so we did lots of parks, including one with a "Jungle Parc" which he loved. The next weekend I moved from Fenny Compton through Napton and moored on a lovely stretch before Braunston. This was followed by a few days in London with Kate and Paris. We did the Thames Barrier, The Tower of London and the London Eye. Again we had pretty good weather - wet on the day we did the Tower but that didn't really matter.
The last couple of days I cruised back to Weedon, through both Braunston and Buckby Locks. Now where shall I go next?
