Today Grandma, Granddad and I headed out to Marple with and the kids while Andy set off on a mountain bike ride with Steve. Marple is famous for its system of locks, which allow
these long, narrow barges to travel through the town. I was just as fascinated as the kids were, watching a vacationer navigate his boat through the locks; the process
is so slow that we were able to have quite a lengthy chat with him and his wife as they moved from lock to lock! It was a lovely day, and we slowly made our way to a great playpark, when we got a text from Andy that he couldn't get back into the house because the lock was broken (had been loose for a while). We knew we wouldn't be able to help, so we kept our
plans to meet Steve, Alison, and the girls at Rough and Tumble, a new indoor playplace, and spent several hours there while Andy met Ian at the house to try to get the door open (I believe hammers were involved). They ended up finally reaching the owner and she had a locksmith sent; sadly, this all took several hours, and wasted a good bit of Andy's day. In the end, we all went back to the house, Andy and I had a quick walk up to 20 Trees while Maddie napped and the kids played... there was a bit of rain but it was still nice. Steve and Al fixed a big roast pork dinner, yum yum, and kitty Rusty kept watch on the back deck.
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