A nice surprise!

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On Monday we had a nice surprise. A call from Joanne in the early in the afternoon. " I will be on the train to Milton Keynes this afternoon" This would be the first time Joanne had seen the boat, very exciting. So, a quick tidy up of Brumpoolie, followed by some food shopping at the local "Onestop" store which less than a minutes walk away. The train station is only a couple of miles away on the other side of Milton Keynes from our mooring spot at Giffard Park, so I picked Joanne up in the car at about 7pm. It was a nice surprise to see Joanne and a chance to catch up.

On Tuesday we went on a mini cruise back to Campbell Park which took about 1 hour each way including turning the boat around. While we were at Campbell Park, Lynne and Joanne then walked into MK Centre to look around the shops for a while. Joanne was not very impressed with MK Shopping Centre! The cruise back to Giffard Park was interesting as the wind was up and it was pouring with rain. This is fine if you are inside the boat with a hot cup of tea,  but if you are stearing the boat outside, slightly less dry.

On Wednesday, Lynne and Joanne took Minnie for a walk to Linford. This is a small village about 1 mile from the boat. Linforde was first mentioned in the Doomsday book in 1086. These are beautifully restored buildings and create a lovely area to visit, with landscaped areas around about including picnic tables.

Then sadly, time for Joanne to leave. So we were off to the station to catch the 4.13 train to London. This takes about 1.5 to 2 hours, followed by another train to Crawley, a journey of about 45 mins.

That was a real nice surprise to see Joanne, not sure when we will see her next, hopefully not before too long.