Today we had Gary as extra crew. We started the day with the three locks at Soulbury and then spent the rest of the day slowly working our way up the individual locks towards Marsworth. Another wonderful day for boating, with slightly less wind than yesterday, marred only by the low sun in the afternoon making south westerly travel very difficult. Once through Horton lock, the trusty bike came out for the rest of the run to Marsworth. I must try and remember to get back onto the boat after the Cheddington swing bridge as that is a long bumpy cycle ride to Seabrook locks. I do believe I am now learning the intricacies of all of these GU locks having been up and down them several times now. I am learning which paddles can be used and which are better left alone to give Jannock a smooth ride up staying against the side of the lock without ropes. I am also developing that knack for knowing the right time to drop the offside paddles and cross over to open the single gate without having to wait for the levels to equalise. We finally moored for the night at Marsworth, one boat away from Pengalanty although there was no sign of life aboard. Home via Tescos tonight. Slowly getting sorted at home and hope to be back at Bourne End for Sunday evening.
Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
