Date - Monday 29 October Start - 9 am End - 2.30 pm Lechlade Last night the weather improved dramatically, the wind dropped and the cloud cleared to leave a large moon high in the sky. This in turn was the signal for the Canada Geese to move around all night with the accompanying noise. This morning we got up to bright sunshine and very little wind. As the dog has still not changed his clock we were on our way at 9 am. The wind freshened a bit but the sun was very pleasant and when we were in a sheltered bit it was quite warm. We saw a wealth of wildlife today including Kingfishers, Dabchicks, ducks and geese, Birds of Pray, and even a water vole. At Bascot Lock we had a slight incident, The lock keeper had just gone for lunch and we worked ourselves through. we were about to leave the lock and Diana hurried below to come and steer the boat out so I could close the gates, unfortunately Magic came in with her but left his tail tail in the door. Diana closed the door and trapped a large lump of fur in the door which Magic left behind when he jumped down. His tail was bleeding but he was not to bothered and wagged it well as Diana checked he was OK. This resulted in blood all over the lounge area including the radiator, floors, walls and even the ceiling. We stopped at St Johns lock to bandage Magic's tail and clean the inside of the boat. Once this was done we moved on to moor at a deserted Lechlade Common at 2.30 pm. We didn't meet a single boat all day but we did see one about a mile behind us just after we set off. One of the lock keepers told that all the local boats had been lifted out the weekend before and these were in evidence sitting on 205 lt oil drums beside the river. One that caught my eye not only had twin props but also a bowthruster and it must have been all of 30 foot long. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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