From The Hayling View in Paxton, downstream to St Ives
From The Hayling View in Paxton, downstream to St Ives

From The Hayling View in Paxton, downstream to St Ives where The Waits Quay was full and so we moored by the Dolphin Hotel and walked into St Ives and visited the market on a very hot day after buying a take-away lunch.

John Major's "Citizens' Charter" which seems to be fifty ways of trying to avoid spending the money necessary to really improve government services. A rail crash in Glasgow had two trains colliding head-on and five people being killed.

After the late night, we were still up early in the morning sun. Diana went into The Hayling View to get the remainder of her washing back and I filled up with water and then stowed the canopy ready for our trip downstream. We set off after 9.30am after I got the chance to see Bill Medlock and answer his queries about the gardening work, which we wanted him to do whilst we are away. We locked down through all of the locks to St Ives in glorious weather, arriving just after lunchtime.

The Waits Quay was full and so we moored by the Dolphin Hotel and walked into St Ives and visited the market after buying a take-away lunch. The market was hot and not very good; but we enjoyed the experience, and I bought my updated charts from Imray's and then took the inflatable over to L.H. Jones for some boat bits. I could not, however, get a short stay permit for our boats there. This evening, I wrote up my log and journal and then took Diana for a nice dinner at The Dolphin. The news today is of John Major's "Citizens' Charter" which seems to be fifty ways of trying to avoid spending the money necessary to really improve government services. A rail crash in Glasgow had two trains colliding head-on and five people being killed.