20 August 2011 - Foxton to Market Harborough

Todays leg was an arm.  The Market Harborough arm to be exact.  An arm is the canal equivalent of a cul-de-sac.  Some arms are quite short - I have turned sharp right off a main canal, beneath a beautiful 200 year old wrought iron bridge and traveled to the very end of an arm ..... and still had the back end of the boat sticking out into the main canal!  The Market Harborough arm however is quite a long one - 2 hours motoring through the lovely Leicestershire countryside (still being combined here - a bit late).  At its end there is the delightful and picturesque basin and wharf.  We turned the boat around and moored up, then out to sample the heady delights of town.  It has all the usual stuff, but nicely presented.  Annie replaced the knitting needle that jumped ship, and also sewing threads that had run out.  Iced buns and cider too.... essential stuff.

Turning the boat by letting the wind blow it round