3 April 2005
Calcutt to Folly Pie & back

(6 miles, 6 locks, 4 engine hours)

This was a long awaited trip with Kirsty Steve and Toby - which had been put off several times.

Originally, the plan was for them to join us on our maiden voyage when we moved Per Angusta from Rugby, but the awful weather and a lack of internal doors on the boat put a stop to that, with Kirsty & Steve left with a 'Congratulations on your new boat' cake to eat all by themselves. We planned another weekend in February but Kirsty has been so ill the first 3 months of 2005 that got cancelled. However, this weekend she is on the road to recovery and we are having an acclimatising day out to get Toby used to his life jacket before we take a longer trip.

We were so pleased to have them on board - Steve has been one of our most enthusiastic followers of the build. His first time on a narrowboat was when he walked through Per Angusta whilst she was being fitted out. Today he gets to cruise on her.

The weather was bright and we went calmly through the locks on our way to the Folly Pie - we reckon that this is a nice trip as an introduction to the canals as there are the double locks at Calcutt and then the single locks at Napton just after the Folly Pie pub, so people can see the variety you can get on the canals.

We had a lovely family day out and are now looking forward to a longer cruise in May.

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