The Hottest August Bank Holiday on Record.

Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2019 in Boston.
It was so hot! Apparently the hottest August Bank Holiday on record.
The river was so still in the early morning light that it's difficult to tell which way up the photograph should be. Do you think this photograph is upside down or the right way up? Answers on a postcard, please!

Beyond the "Great Sluice", the River Witham is tidal down to The Wash five miles away. The tide was about half way out in this photograph. When it is all the way out there is very little water and a lot more mud!

Today, we had planned to take MM down Anton's Gowt that curves round the north side of town and ends up by the Maud Foster Windmill in the centre of town but, having been warned that it is seldom used, shallow, weedy and there was little chance of turning a sixty foot boat at the end, we decided to give it a miss.
Instead, we walked the half mile or so to the Maud Foster Windmill through the town.

It is magnificent and in full working order and open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays, so sadly, we missed it on this trip. It was interesting to see that the "Boston Lock Café", where we had afternoon tea yesterday, advertised that they only use flour from the mill in all their home baked goods. Excellent!
The water next to the mill is the other end of Anton's Gowt and we both agreed that turning MM there would not have been possible as the width is marginal between solid brick walls and the edges are very shallow.

We wandered slowly back to MM through the centre of town trying to buy some postcards but none of the shops stocked any. We were told that we might be able to find some in The Stump - but that was closed (again!), so we gave up and went back to MM for a quiet afternoon and evening.
As the sun went down we saw dozens of people swimming in the river opposite us - trying to keep cool.

So, another rest day for MM.