Braunston 2

After finishing the blog yesterday our friends Brian and Cecelia on nb Life After Work pulled up along side for a chat. We last saw them on the Thames heading in the opposite direction to ourselves. Luckily the boat moored behind us decided to leave so Brian and Cecelia pulled their boat in. Andy was trying to fix the grease tube on the stern gland along with Neil, and Brian came along to help as well. After a few hours of tinkering it was decided that the mending was a failure and further attempts would be done in the morning. Brian and Cecelia offered to share their briar with us. (I believe that is South African for BBQ) We had a very pleasant evening putting to rights all the things boaters moan about!(I think cyclists came up quite a bit!).
In the morning Andy went back to Midland Chandlers and bought a new complete unit and with the help of Brian's drill managed to fix a new pump. Thank you Brian. Nb Life After Work then left for new moorings and we waved them off.

Brian and Cecelia

We walked to the pub (The Boathouse) and met up with Steph and Ant who had come to see us and bring some post. Had a nice sunday roast and then went for a walk into the village before looking at all the boats for sale in Braunston Marina. We then took Steph and Ant for a trip on Jojo back up to the pub where they had left the car and we carried on cruising to Onley. Sorry Steph and Ant but I forgot to take your photo for the blog so have put in an earlier one!

Steph and Ant on a previous visit

As we approached Onley we saw nb Life After Work moored and invited Brain and Cecelia on board for tea and cake. Thus finished a very sociable weekend!