Well we had a lovely run out from Thorne to Godnow Bridge near Crowle with the Grandchildren, Will and Jack. Will had left his car at Godnow so he could run everyone back and be back home in time for work.
Everyone had a great time and the kids can't wait to come with us again.
We took a walk into Crowle for some refreshments and something to eat from the Chippy and decided to head off for Keadby so we could fill up with water and use the facilities. I was going to fill the water before leaving Thorne but the tap was already taken by a sprinkler watering the borders.
We pulled over at the swing bridge just before Vazon sliding railway bridge and Fee got off to open the bridge. When I attempted to move on I found the drive had gone.
Being there was nothing we could do we just decided to settle down there for the evening.
We had planned to go into Scunthorpe on the train on Saturday from Keadby (Althorpe) so stuck with our plans as we were only about another 15 minutes walk from the Moorings at Keadby. There is a house only 100 yards from where we broke down and it is overlooked by the Signal box so we felt it was a safe place to leave the boat. Also we moved the boat by rope, as far away from the bridge as we could so as not to hamper other boats using the bridge. We stayed on the boat again Saturday night and then got a lift from Will on Sunday morning back to Thorne to collect the car while we worked out our next move.
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