Clifton

A quiet night with no geese to walk us this morning, but the first boat did pass about 7 am.
We left at our normal 10 am. and were meeting boats almost continuously until we reached Hillmorton locks, Here both locks were against us, nothing coming up and a CRT tug pushing a full length flat down towards the middle lock. The back pumps were running flat out trying to replace the water used by the lock.

As we left the top lock one of the CRT crew set the middle one ready for us. They were locking the flat through first and then the tug, so we locked down beside them but left the locks first. By now there was a boat waiting to come up so we left our lock open for them. At the bottom lock the 2 Volockies had the offside gates open ready for us and the CRT crew were setting the near side ready for the flat. When we locked down we found two boats waiting at the bottom to lock up. We only did about another half mile before mooring for the night by the golf course.

 

Today’s Journey

7¼ miles with 3 locks in 3 hours.