Saturday 10th July 2004 Jnc Salzgitter arm to Jnc
Elbe-Seiten Kanal.
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| Dock crane at Veltenhof 2005 |
12.2° C. Grey, overcast and wet. It was raining when we
set off at 8.10 a.m. Mike tried asking for water at the first yacht club we
passed, but all the hosepipes bore signs saying not drinking water and he got a
“No” from a bloke by the boats. Into Braunschweig (Brunswick) passing an
enormous commercial haven with a large scrap berth and a container
loading/unloading facility. We paused for water at the little boat club at
Abbesbütel. A couple came out from their houseboat moored beyond the landing
stage for little boats. We tied on the end mooring in a crosswind and Bill came
alongside. As usual our boats were too long for their moorings. Filled up with
water and chatted to the couple, who didn’t speak much English but seemed to
understand our comments. I said the mooring in a basin surrounded by high banks
was very sheltered and pleasant, she said it was a new club and expanding soon
to make new moorings. Paid 3 Euros for the two of us and we set off again after
Mike had set up the Markon so I could do some washing. When we got to Sülfeld
locks there was a queue, so we moored behind a large German cruiser whose
skipper came to chat to Bill and
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| Silo at Veltenhof 2005 |
Mike. The lock (there was only one in
commission as they were rebuilding the other to take 3,000 tonne boats) had
broken down and could take anything up to three hours to repair. He also gave
them useful information about the mooring places along the rest of the MLK. We
untied and winded to go back to the mooring at the junction with the
Elbe-Seiten kanal (where lots of the traffic was coming from - it was built
after the Berlin wall went up to enable West Germany to have access to the
ports of Hamburg and Lübeck. It was 1.15 p.m. when we tied up, just in time, as
the rain started pouring down again. Lunch. The rain stopped and Mike put the
dish up to
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| Dock cranes at Veltenhof 2005 |
watch the F1 qualy from Silverstone and the parade of F1 cars in the
city of London. He fetched the car while I was napping. A car accident had
occurred just after his return, close by the mooring. The emergency services
were in attendance when he went back to the car to get the rest of the gear. A
car had run off the road to the driver’s right, hit a tree and bounced off back
across the road and into a field. Mike went to have a look and came back with a
couple of lovely large field mushrooms.
Sunday 11th July 2004 Jnc Elbe-Seiten Kanal.
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| Bechbuttel railway viaduct 2005 |
10.6° C Sunshine, windy with
white clouds and heavy rain showers in the evening. A day off for the racing.
Mike did the engine room checks in the morning. Bill had a problem with his
cooker, a two burner and grill gas cooker. He’d been cleaning it and the
fastening that secures one burner had broken. Mike suggested how he could fix
it and Bill found he’d got all the bits he needed, drills and screws, etc. I
did chores. Tried the new 12v cold box in the car boot for size. It just fitted
under the “plage arrière” (rear shelf). Lunch. Mike put the TV on to watch the
F1 from Silverstone. Schumacher won. I made a beef stew for dinner with carrots
and onions and
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| Tug and four pans of scrap metal nr Elbe-Seiten jnc |
pearl barley. Mike fitted a cigar lighter socket (donated by
Bill) in the boot of the car to power the 12v cold box. (All we need now is
some summer weather to go out for trips in the car). A yacht came in to moor,
but almost came through one of our front windows! Mike was watching from the
bank having just returned the ZX to the car park area by the bridge. Luckily the
yacht missed, but only just!
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