New Moon

We couldn’t have chosen a better week for our holiday – gorgeous misty dawns on the Great Ouse and long, hot late summer days. We rented New Moon from Cambridge Narrowboats – it’s the one Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock had for their programme “Great Canal Journeys” and owner Gary explained how the film crew of eight had managed to stay out of sight and how he’d acted as a double for the drone shots, putting talc in his hair and wearing Gyles’ clothes. Since we’ve rented narrowboats many times in the past we were promptly sent on our way by the lovely Stacey and set off to find a suitable mooring for the first night. I’d always wanted to record a BeckyBakes video on a boat… and that’s what we did ! It will be uploaded as soon as we can get it edited etc. Needless to say we ate well throughout the week and also managed to meet up with some young friends for lunch at The Bridge in Waterbeach. We enjoyed a couple of days in Ely where we were entertained by a “trad-jazz” band in the park alongside our mooring and also had a day out in Cambridge before returning to the tranquility of the fenland countryside. We lost count of how many herons we saw but more than twenty kingfishers is a record! The seal, the otter and the great white egret were a real bonus. Lazy days, what better way to get away from it all? x