Yeh... It's not raining this morning. Only a short journey to complete today. Great excitement as Susan spots a Kingfisher...... No time to get a photo..
It is a strange journey from Common Moor lock to Rickmansworth. Loads of different types of boats line the waterways mainly prior to Batchworth Lock. Some have seen better days. Some are amazing..... Some have left loads of litter in the countryside!!! We see green parakeets in the trees too.
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| Susan's favourite Boat |
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| Squirrel feeding post on side of floating house boat |
Once in Rickmansworth, some of the visitor moorings have also been changed to permit holder winter moorings only. Luckily we find a mooring almost opposite Tesco's.
Total 1.5 miles and 3 locks.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The stove went out overnight. Susan puts the gas heating on to get us warm..... Condensation was soon dripping off my windows........ Susan notices there is a damp patch by the bed.... she pulls the mattress away from the side and hopes it will dry out. Pete assures Susan that I am not leaking.......
Mazey still in bed at 9:50 - snuggled up under the duvet. It is raining again!!
We are moving from Grove to Cassiobury Park, Watford, today. We are going to have dinner with Cheryl, who lives alongside the Grand Union canal - she says she has put up a union jack flag in her bedroom window... Susan and Pete are looking forward to dinner!!
Before we set off from The Grove, Susan notices the M25 noise as she steps off onto the towpath. Two fisherman have already setup their equipment and the brollies are up.
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| Fisherman - The Grove |
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| Strange looking boat |
It starts to rain heavily and gets very breezy in places. They share the locks between them as, once again, the lower gates are heavy due to water pressure. Within two locks, Susan's new 'waterproof' gloves are soaked. She is freezing so pops in to get another pair and these are soaked by the next lock. Susan does the lock without any gloves on and her hands are now wet, red and ice cold....
It would be a very pleasant journey through Cassiobury Park which is mainly woodland if it weren't for the rain. Another tree has fallen and is obstructing the towpath.
At the last (Cassio Bridge) lock, a man comes out of the cottage and tries to clear the wooden twigs and leaves gathered by the gates of the lock. He said that the towpath by the lock had recently been flooded due to the leaves and twigs. He tries to shove them back into the lock. Susan helps to pull them out of the lock, off the gates and completes the task whilst the man goes back into the warm........
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| Leaves and twigs |
Pete fills me with water as I was thirsty again. A swan comes over and Pete feeds it. As Pete puts the pipe thingy back into the hatch on the front, the swan decides to attack Pete. It keeps pecking at his shoes and his trousers. I think it wants more food........ When Susan comes back it tries to do it to her too.... Mazey barks at it and it hisses back.....
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| Nice Swan |
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| Attacking Swan |
After filling me up at the other end, we continue on to just before Common Moor lock. Susan notices the flag and we moor up opposite it.
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| Union Jack Flag |
Total 2 miles, 4 locks
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