Day 2 - Bottom of Caen Hill to All Cannings Visitor Moorings: Just as we were rolling up the cratch cover at about 08:00 we received a deputation from the crew of nb Pheobe Joan who'd been moored behind us overnight. "As no one else seemed to be up, would we like to share the flight with them". As the Caen Hill 16 are left empty overnight and they'd be with us, it was a no brainer and we were away in 10 mins. Moving between locks we adopted the technique of keeping the boats side-by-side but not roped up and it seemed to work very well indeed. We did the 16 in 2.5hrs, dodging 2 pairs of nbs and a wide boat on the way up. Got to the Devizes VMs by about 11:30 and settled down to coffee, lunch, a snooze and all that sort of stuff. By late afternoon we were ready for further challenges and chugged our way eastwards with the general intention of reaching Honey Street. However, by Allington Swing Bridge the perfume from the galley was so enticing that an early stop was called for and we are overnighting, duly fed, on the All Cannings VMs. We have continued to find all the locks and bridges in apparently good order - all the swing bridges have been easy to operate, for instance. There is, however, an awful lot of reed growth on the more isolated stretches of the Long Pound - presumably in those areas where BW are seldom required to venture. What happens when 2 wide beams meet I can only guess [with asterisks in the subtitles]
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