Retirement with No Problem

Wooton Rivers to Great Bedwyn, Kennet & Avon Canal, 6 miles 11 locks

We never did find the wood.. yes we saw something chopped down before we got to Wootton Rivers, nothing substantial, but the towpath telegraph said the tree was down between the locks and the tunnel.. well there was no evidence of that anywhere..

Oh well, I am sure we will find some somewhere..

Young Jessica really did help on getting through the 11 locks today.. in fact she is becoming quite an expert at working the locks… Mostly the paddle gear is not heavy and she was able to lift quite a few herself.. she was a dab hand at reaching down to grab the front rope with our ‘rope grabber’.. as you can see it was her favourite job!

Tunnel today, Bruce Tunnel.. nothing coming so on we go… last time we were here in the other direction a widebeam (14ft)  came out.. I had decided to wait although two boats (of 6′ 10″) can pass inside this one.. how right I was then!

We were going to stop at Crofton on the good moorings by the Pumping Engine building, but we had heard that boats moored there last night had grounded because of leaking locks.. it had taken ages this morning to get them floating again..

Defo one mooring to miss, so on to Great Bedwyn where we found a good deep mooring in a very overgrown area on the towpath.. no choice now, only the visitor moorings from here to the Thames is mown.. anywhere else and the vegetation is not touched.. It’s OK though on a long gangplank, at least we are floating tonight!