Wendover Arm

We set off early.  A grey, chilly, wet morning.  Wet weather gear on again.  I know 'cause I can hear Susan swearing even before she has stepped onto the towpath....  She does seem to have trouble getting her legs through the trousers and out the other end...

Leaving our overnight mooring

Susan and Mazey prep the locks.  Pete helps out too. The locks are full of leaves.  Lovely views on the way.

Lock full of leaves

I am thirsty, so we stop for a while and wait for a boat to finish filling up with water at the drinking tap.  Pete wanders if his pipe (hose) is long enough.  This is where we meet 'Mad Hatter' with Chris and Ruth on board.  The humans chat for a long time..... about everything!!!!  'Mad Hatter' has a large water tank - much bigger than mine.  I wish I had a bigger tank - then I would not get so thirsty so quickly....  Susan and Pete admire their boat.....  Lots to discuss and while away the time - no rush.  A few of the items discussed were moorings, batteries/inverters, water storage, and, as every boater will admit to, the lovely topic of toilets.  No boater can go by without having discussed this at least once a week.  The type of conversation usually is "Are you pump out or cassette"??  "How long do you go for before having to empty it?"!!!!  When they leave the water point they go backwards to their residential mooring... Great steering by the way!

Mad Hatter reversing - Chris and Ruth

Drinking point

A duck says hello.... Sorry no food today

At one of the locks Mazey tries to help out.  She looks to Susan and says 'come on - give me a hand here'........ I think she wants a biscuit - maybe she is thirsty too.

The whole stretch of Marsworth is picturesque - lots of fisherman and people walking dogs.  It is not far from Tring.

Marsworth Reservoir on the left

After doing 9 locks and 2.5 miles we turn off at Bulbourne Junction onto the Wendover Arm.  We have not been along here before.  At the beginning it is silted and I end up dragging my bottom in the mud.  Not very pleasant.  Susan is a bit scared when we start to tilt over at an acute angle due to the shallow water.  Eventually after 1.5 miles, we manage, at a very slow pace, to get to the end of the arm and turn-around.  We have moored at the end of the arm for tonight.  Lovely views of the countryside.

Mooring - Wendover Arm

Total 9 Locks and 4 miles