At the end of the Old West River and it's raining again

On the Old West River

Last night we planned most of the remainder of our stay in the fens.  The next step in our journey is a return to Cambridge for a few days to do the laundry and stock up again with groceries as the subsequent 2 weeks will give only limited opportunities for shopping. However the weather forecast for today was that heavy rain was to be expected by the end of the morning.  So our objective for today was to travel sufficiently far so that we could reach Cambridge tomorrow.

We set off at 8:45 in quite pleasant weather with light grey clouds and a light breeze and continued to make good progress like yesterday  The blanket weed which caused problems last time has disappeared again so we didn't need to stop to clear the prop.  By 10:30 we were passing the moorings at the Lazy Otter pub and the clouds were starting to turn a darker shade of grey. As those that seemed likely to cross our path in the immediate future were less threatening than the rest we decided to carry on to the junction with the Cam at Pope's Corner.  We arrived and moored up just as the rain was starting.  We estimate Cambridge is about 4-5 hours away so we are happy.   Well fairly happy given that the rain continues and the temperature is unseasonably cold.  We may even turn the central heating on for a while.