Wanderer Vagabond

I came past you this morning, now moored above Torksey Lock, I think the wind moderates a little bit tomorrow, but rain is forecast. Funny different impressions you get on the same bit of river, I came down from Cromwell yesterday with only 2 other narrow boats, 3 cruisers had left a lot earlier than we did, my overall impression is that it is pretty quiet on the river. There are 2 big dutch barges at Cromwell, I don't know if they are waiting until later in the week for the Spring Tides, but just the presence of them filled up a lot of the Cromwell moorings.

The big difference with the 'mini gin palaces' is just how much fuel they use. I currently burn about 1 litre an hour on my travels, so even if diesel goes up to £2 a litre that's still only going to be £2 per hour, I'll cruise 4 hours a day so that will cost me £8 per day. That's about 2 pints of beer in a pub now isn't it?