Kings Langley

Saturday morning I woke up with a bit of an upset tummy, fortunately I did not intend to move anyway but mid afternoon I decided to go for a walk around Hunton Bridge and see what was about, just a little village really, a convenience store, pub, Indian restaurant and not much else so my circular route took me back to the towpath just before the Hunton Bridge Locks (72&73) where I saw Karen (N.B. Avalon) was preparing to go through, she’d had the same intentions as me the day before, do 3 locks and moor up, she also had the same problems and couldn’t get to the bank anywhere, so after a quick chat I helped her through the locks and she moored up a couple of hundred yards in front of me, it’s really very shallow at the bank around here in lots of places, you see a nice gap in the moored boats and then find out why it’s a gap.

Sunday was raining on and off so it was a lazy day, a longish walk up to see what was around at Kings Langley, there was a Launderette so that was decision made, I am low on water, too low to use my washing machine, and low on clothes, so this morning I asked Karen what she was doing and she was just going to move up one lock so we set off together and shared North Grove Lock (71) then I continued on alone passing under the M25.

I have driven along this flyover many times so it was nice to see the view from underneath, although why would anyone would want to moor there?

Then passing this ferocious beast, luckily he wasn’t hungry.




On through the next two locks Home Park (70) and Kings Langley (69A) mooring up just after the footbridge leading to the town, I can still hear the trains but not so loud and it seems like quite a nice spot.

Once I got sorted with the mooring I did my visit to the Launderette and found a barbers and a “chippy” so I will stay tomorrow and get a haircut, and test out the fish and chips, then see what the weather is like on Wednesday before deciding whether to move again.

Tonights mooring, as the view from the side hatch is just towpath and hedge.

Totals Today 1.5 miles : 3 locks