Friday 8th June 2007 London Canal Museum to Limehouse & Three Mills We'd been pottering around the London area for some weeks and were moored at the London Canal Museum in Battlebridge Basin, where I'd been working the previous day. Our plan for the weekend was to join St Pancras Cruising Club's boat gathering in Three Mills, including a cruise round the loop of the Bow Back Rivers for the last time before they close to navigation on 2 July to become the building site for the Olypmpics.
We were the inboard boat of three - the others being Alex & Jenny Nunes on "Helix", due to do a trip with passengers and Libby Bradshaw and Allan Scott on "Panacea" who were also heading for the SPCC gathering. Libby went off to work early. Alex & Jenny left to go and collect their customers, then brought them back to see the Museum before going off on their cruise. Eric Garland arrived late morning to crew on "Panacea" and both boats set of eastwards at 11:53. We had a good run down the Regent's. Two boats with four crew is a lot easier in the heavy locks of the Regent's than one boat with two people. Our loo-tank warning light came on, so we needed to go via Limehouse for a pump-out. Wendy bought three 30-unit pump-out cards from the Marina office. While we were seeing to that, Eric & Allan went off to "The Grapes" and were in no hurry to come back,. As there was nowhere else left to moor other than the pump-out point, we thought we ought to set off again. We arrived at the moorings below Three Mills Bridge at 16:30. Margaret & John Gwalter helped us to moor nose-to-nose with "Ernest". "Panacea" arrived later, and Libby came from work. Eric had to go off to feed a friend's dogs, then came back. Various people joined us for drinks on our front deck, then we had a very pleasant barbecue. DAY'S RUN 6.6 mile & 8 locks in 3 hrs 44 min TO BE CONTINUED -- Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
