Stuck 'til Feb 2013? Could well be Easter

I was shocked to see NB Harnser's blog for today re Salter's Lode. I had heard that the sandbank outside Denver sluice had been dredged but had returned; I hadn't realised how badly and that there was another outside Salters. Mervyn, the Environment Agency man, said that it would be dredged again, but probably not before Easter - I've just looked up the dates for Easter 2013 and Easter Sunday is March 31st!!!!!
Oh well perhaps we'll get down to Bedford again if we get a dry spell.

I'm glad I like it here

Yesterday dawned bright and sunny again so Lesley and I set off for pastures new for the best part of 3 hours. This time we had a firtle around Isleham Marina before returning via Manor Farm, Thistley Green (sounds like the sort of place you might find 'Diddy Men') and back in to the top end of West Row where we found a village shop (which had closed 20 mins before we arrived) and an 'ex' pub.

Approaching  Isleham Marina along the lock cut and  flood bank

The original course of the River Lark

 I can't believe that all this wood is still here - adjacent to a Marina with residential boaters!

 That hedge is a master class in trimming - I wouldn't want the job, but there was a Bentley in the garage so they can probably afford a man

I once had a house with a hedge like this (although, thankfully, not so long), whilst cutting it one day I stretched for a branch on the far side  and the ladder fell away behind me - I spent an uncomfortable couple of hours balanced across the top on my tummy until a neighbour came home from work and set me free!