Up early and at 'em, at the Marsworth
top lock we found our CRT friend who filled the empty pound at
Berkhamstead a while ago: Apparently several pounds were low, and he
had been filling them somewhat.
They were still low, however, but we
took our time in the pleasant morning sun, conserving our energy as
we passed through eight locks in the next four miles, appreciating
the gradually increasing distance between them as we approached
Leighton Buzzard, a town we have enjoyed visiting.
Mooring by Tescos,
we walked around the local shops. The Swan Wetherspoons meal was not
to Liana's liking, sadly.
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| Marsworth Top Lock, Bulbourne junction with the Wendover Arm |
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| Marsworth locks |
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| John on NB Cleveland, which crossed the Wash with us on June 13 |
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| good moorings by Marsworth reservoirs |
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| Junction with Aylesbury Arm and services, Marsworth |
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| Dunstable & District BC members were busy |
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| swing bridge |
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| spreading canal mud on the land |
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| Land & River remoored this loose boat |
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| Land & river dredging |
Tired by our long but enjoyable day, we
slept soundly
Tuesday 10 October Boxmoor to
Cowroast and Bulbourne Junction (18 locks, 11 miles)
We took our time over the ten locks to
Berkhamstead, a town we quite like, where we lunched and shopped.
Feeling refreshed, we carried on through suburbs and countryside as
the locks became more spaced out towards the summit pound at
Cowroast. Liana prepared a fishcake supper while John took Annie to
the moorings at Bulbourne junction, by the Wendover Arm. We moved a
boat a few yards so we could fit in the only gap. Quite often boats
leave twenty feet gaps when mooring, or maybe small boats leave? We
watched tv and later slept the sleep of the just!
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| electric swing bridge |
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| Annie moored by Rising Sun |
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| read the small print! |
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| Rising Sun Berkhamstead with sign |
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| Liana by Rising Sun lock Berkhamstead with pound full of water this time |
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| The Boat Berkhamstead was very floral |
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| Berkhamstead badge |
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| Canadian Totem Pole Berkhamstead |
Monday 9 October Kings Langley to
Boxmoor (8 locks, 3.5 miles)
Leaving the car with family in Leicester, we took only just over two
hours to reach Kings Langley via Nuneaton, Coventry and Watford
Junction – pretty good! Annie was covered in sawdust and small
twigs from adjacent hedge cutting, so we tidied before working up the
locks, enjoying a quiet afternoon together on Annie after our busy
time at home and with the family.
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| Kings Langley gardens were well looked after |
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| Liana shopped at Sainsbury's while Annie waited on the mooring behind Curry's which john had pruned back hard a month or so ago on the way down |
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| Kings Langley Lock |
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moored below Fisheries lock at Boxmoor
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