Date - 18 July Day - Tuesday Start - Buckby End - Bridge 56 A somewhat noisy night last night with the noise from the motoway, A5 and railway as well as being quite warm. In light of the number of boats moored in the first pound including 4 boats of school children we decided to move of a bit earlier today and were on the move at about 7 15 am. As we exited the first lock a boat arrived to come in who informed us that a boat had just set off down the flight and all the kids were getting ready to go. In fact we only had the one boat ahead of us and the school girls were having a quick drag probably before breakfast. At lock 10 there were three BW boats partly moored on the lock moorings leaving 30 foot between them and the lock. As we went into the lock a BW chap walked up so I asked if he had come to move the boats off the lock mooring and received a negative reply, he said the boats were there because that is where they are working and there was plenty of room to get off and work the locks. he then said that they had to be moored somewhere secure. The whole pound is piled and they could have been padlocked anywhere on that stretch, not only that but the one on the lock mooring was a dredger with the arm down, that could have been left anywhere without moving. A letter to BW is called for I think. We carried on to Blisworth where we stopped for a late lunch and then went through the tunnel to moor in Stoke Bruerne at about 4 o'clock. After taking the dog for a walk we went to the Navigation pub at about 6 pm for an early dinner and to celebrate our wedding anniversary. After eating we set off again in the slightly cooler early evening and worked down the Stoke Bruerne flight to moor for the night just beyond bridge 56 in the middle of nowhere.
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