Packet Boat Marina, Grand Union – Wednesday 10 October 2012
I left at 08:30 and had gone through Stoker’s and Springwell locks and was waiting for Copper Mill lock to fill when I saw a wide beam rubbish container coming so I signalled that they could go ahead.  This seemed to come as a bit of a surprise to the crew as they are used to abuse for taking locks and jumping queues.  The wide beam takes one lock and the ‘tug’ which pushes it takes a second, so I went down with the tug and had to do no work, a good decision.  They were going through Black Jack’s, Widewater and Denham deep locks to remove a burnt out wreck near the A40 road bridge, so that left only Uxbridge and Cowley locks for me to do.  As there has been an almost continuous run of moored boats I have had even more comments about the quietness of the engine, including an angler who didn’t hear me approaching!
I have moored up and reported to the office, collected mail (threw away 99%) and electric cards.  Tomorrow (weather permitting) I will start cleaning.