To Ripon and Return

We arrived safely in the centre of Ripon on Tuesday, well over a week ago now! The moorings are very near the centre. Paul's RAF buddy Dave and his wife Joyce came

Only a few of the geese at Naburn Lock.

to see us in the afternoon and we had an amble through the town. Dave had spent his early years there and gone to school. We did look for the school, but didn't find it!
The next day we went to see the Cathedral. Lovely building with lots of old artefacts. Dave and Joyce came back in the afternoon bringing more mail.

Selby swing bridge.

This time we took them for a short cruise, down through a couple of locks so they could see what it was all about! They had to walk back though! But we carried on.

We spent Thursday and Friday cruising back towards Naburn Lock, meeting up again with friends Dave and Jan on Yesdear. We were booked in at Naburn Lock to return to Selby at 4 to arrive on the turning tide.  So we had most of the day free.  We spent some time feeding the geese, there were so many of them and good to see so many grey lag geese instead of the usual Canada geese. We arrived at Selby on Saturday and are still here. It has been very hot as I am sure you well know! The plan is to move on tomorrow but some rain is forecast, so we will see.

Entrance to Selby Lock.