Slept well till 5am when hordes of youths went by on the towpath.
Set off at 830 to be at Stanground lock for 1000.
When we got to the Nene we turned to go downstream to go as far as Dog in a Doublet lock where the Nene becomes tidal. Turned round there and back up to Peterborough. Here Paul and Andrew had brought Peter by car.
Went for a Thai lunch with real ale in Charters barge. After that John and Gavin left with Paul and Andrew, and Peter joined me for the final week.
We headed upstream for Wansford. There was canoeing activity below the first lock so that made getting into the lock interesting. The second and third locks were overflowing so much that we did not need to open any paddles to fill them.
At Wansford station there was one narrowboat, Maybe, on the new pontoon so we went alongside them.
Went to the station where there was a private party goung on, but they allowed us to buy sandwiches which we took back to the boat to eat.
Later we went for a walk to explore Stibbington and to look at the possibility of getting to the Sibson Inn on the other side of the A1. However we decided this was not a good idea.
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