Wet at Marsworth

The most obvious feature of today was the rain - at times it was quite torrential and everyone became wet through more than once! However, we did make good progress, helped by some very effective lock operation by Ellie. Once or twice she needed a little help to start a heavy lock gate moving but was very keen to do as much as she could on her own. Actually, we set off before Christine was ready and Ellie was able to do all the gates and paddles whilst Mike drove the boat through the first lock!



One of the interesting features along this section of the canal are the double arched bridges. Originally the canal company planned to install a second set of locks but this development never happened.



During some of the heavier rain spells, the movie library was found to be very valuable - Ellie managed at least two!



There was one brief sunny spell after a time when the rain was so heavy that we just had to stop for about 45 minutes! Alas, the blue sky did not last very long and when we moored just before Marsworth Junction it was very heavy as Ellie completed the mooring and doing the propellor check.