a trip down the river . . . .

my friend elisabeth lives on a house-boat and regularly takes trips down the river to the town of Ely (26km from cambridge) to refill diesel, water or empty her toilet tank (....). she invited me to accompany her for part of the trip, so i took off by foot and soon found her tuckering along the river with her entire house.

after walking along the bank for some time we hit bait bites lock. i have passed by that look many times, but have never seen it in action. it was interesting to see how it actually works and how powerful water can be (on a small scale).


from there i hoped on the boat and we glided down the river with a cup of tea in the hand. it was so relaxing, quiet and peaceful. -



for us, not for rio, whom i did not let on the boat. he frantically ran up and down the bank, got in the water wherever he could, and swam after the boat in an attempt to catch up with us. once we reached the bridge in waterbeach we let him get on as well and he watched the world go by, not totally convinced that this was actually the best way to travel . . . . .


it was totally worth taking the morning off uni to take that trip together with elisabeth. thank you for suggesting a little day out !! she then went on all the way to ely and back the next day. her boat goes about at walking speed, so it is great to walk along the bank while she is cruising. or sit on the boat for a change.