Of Floating Free 2 - The Morning After

This is the return journey from the funeral mentioned in the last entry. Of course, being in a boat I couldn't simply reverse and go back the way I came. Although theoretically possible, maybe, it is fraught with potentially awkward moments and not something I would really want to do with any kind of wind. It is only possible to turn round where the waterway is wide enough and while the nearest place would have been to reverse to Outwell Basin, there is no control over the direction of the boat when moving in reverse except by correcting the direction with bursts of forward thrust. This can mean a very short journey can take longer than a longer one going forwards. There is also the danger that a sudden gust of wind could swing the front end of the boat into a moored boat or some other stationary object. I opted to travel down to the next village. The five minutes in the van is now about an hour's journey.