March to Whittlesey

Just a short hop of about 10 miles through the fens to stop overnight at Whittlesey before heading up to Peterborough in the morning.

My mooring in March was surprisingly quiet considering it was so close to the town centre on a Saturday night. Very handy for Sainsbury's and the high street.

Last nights mooring in March

 After doing a few jobs on the boat I set off around 10:30 for the 3 hour cruise up to Whittlesey. A fairly straight forward trundle through the fens although the wind was very strong.  The highlight of the trip was crossing the Greenwich Meridian which had been kindly marked by the March Round Table.

Greenwich Meridian

It is quite ironic that as the rest of the country is suffering the worst floods in many a year I seem to be facing frequent water shortages.  To be fair I realise that the EA have to lower levels in areas like this to allow water from the flood plains to run in. 

Over the last couple of miles the water level was about 9" below normal and I felt the boat touch bottom on several occasions. As you can see the prop is so close to the river bed it is churning up the mud. Thankfully the prop did not pick up any rubbish, probably as this is such a rural stretch, and I continued at a slow pace to Whittlesey.

Scraping the bottom