Linslade, Grand Union Canal – Friday 11 May 2012
Woke to find some-one was shining a bright light through the portholes, then realised it was the sun!!  Was getting ready to move at 9am when a large cream, wide-beam boat came up through the lock, it was being steered by Rob, an Australian who has the boat next to mine in Packet Boat (called “Platypus”).  Before I left last week he had said he was selling her but had no idea what he was going to do, he went for a drive and saw and bought his new one!  No-one was around to help with the locks so it has been single handing all morning, but the run went according to plan.  At Church lock (number 29) the stables had horses on the indoor gym again, for them it must be just like being on a treadmill or going round and round in a revolving door.  I have got to Linslade and have moored on the visitor moorings near Bridge 114.  There are TESCO, ALDI and Homebase stores with a 2 hour mooring limit just beyond me.  There has been blue skies with cloud patches but it has been very windy (including waves in the locks!).  Today was an easy run with 10 lock-miles.