We awoke to bright sunshine and set off about 8:30. The whole world & his wife were out ( well those not at the national) and most of them going our way. We stopped at Windsor for lunch and to do a bit of shopping. The large waitrose is being rebuilt and will be open in October so that was a bit of a dead loss. There were queues at every lock including an hour wait to get on the lock landing stage at Bray. 170 boats went through this morning and at one stage they had a half mile queue. When we got to the head of the queue they let us through rather than a trip boat. Only one smallish tupperware fitted in with us so you can see why it was slow. The weather was so lovely we didn't mind waiting and thinking of those wallowing in the mud at St Ives. We were so proud of the way that the engine behaved yesterday that we took both boats separately most of the day. We breasted up for the locks so we could control the boats better. This confused the first locky who suddenly found he had one boat not two. We told him there was another narrowboat towing but he was even more surprised when it arrived with a collection of smaller boats festooned around it. That lock held a small barge ; a couple of tupperware; and four narrowboats with accessories. We are now at Maidenhead on expensive moorings, £12 per night, but we are hot and don't care. Sue nb Nackered Navvy
