After posting the previous fishy blog entry I got sorted and
went on deck, I am growing a couple of herbs which I forgot to get in last
night and would you believe there was a slight frost, Parsley seems to have
survived, but Basil is no more :-(
For some reason I was quite keen to get moving this morning
so at 9:30, that’s early for me, I set off the quarter mile or so to the
Aylesbury Arm, as I approached the entrance two boats were coming towards me on
the mainline so I held station and let them pass before turning in, at this
point the wind caught me and pushed me parallel with and to within 150cms of a
moored boat, a bit of breath holding saw me past without actual contact.
In lock 1 of the staircase looking down on lock 2 |
A double first for me today, single narrow locks and the
first two forming a staircase(where locks are together with no gaps between to
give a big rise or fall in a shorter distance and avoid one very deep lock)
All went as planned, although with single locks there is no chance of
sharing and a bit more walking is involved, the levels of a couple of pounds
were very low and so the C&RT men were letting water down from the
mainline, I had to hold at one lock until enough had come through to give me a
chance to get though the next pound which was about 300cms lower than needed.
Views from the side hatch.
Totals today : 1.5
miles : 8 Locks
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