FGLMT - Day 1, Holme Lock

The end of day one, & we’ve holed up at Holme Pierrepont after a short day’s cruising with a view to going through the lock tomorrow & on to the river. We didn’t start out until about two this afternoon after taking forever to load the boat with all the necessary supplies. This seems to consist of about a month’s work of clothes which I ironed yesterday, Debs doesn’t seem to be able to cope with the concept of me spending a week with one pair of jeans & three T-shirts. All the cupboards are full, as is the fuel tank which took 135 litres costing £112.

I have to say that this is the first day’s cruising I haven’t enjoyed, primarily because of the two lots of people we went through the locks with. The first were just sniffy & unfriendly, the second were two guys who were - presumptious.

To be fair they waited for us to lock through with them but deliberately left only one gate open and then drew attention to it with Debs – ‘I assume that’s OK?’, as if we’d say ‘No, sorry, we’re so crap we need two gates’. As it happened it was OK, but they were somehow unfriendly.

Their boat was too clean, they were too well presented and their dog was too white.

‘Nuff said.

Uno scores: Martha 73, Debs 113, Lizzie 31, Dave 0