CHS went through the lock to the winding hole just past the lock. I waited with the lock gates open until he turned the boat around and returned to the lock. We took a lady called Mia and her two boys Matthew and Thomas onboard and took them back to Sheffield lock. They had helped at the turf sided lock and the boys were desperate for a ride on the boat.
We returned through Tyle Mill lock and swing bridge without mishap this time and moored up for the night just before the de-gated Ufton lock.
We set of on Sunday morning and I walked again, it saves having to slow the boat to let me off to open the locks and bridges.
This is Towney lock it is deep and slow to fill as the gates leak so much.
This unusual boat is moored near Padworth lock.
Hire boats at Aldermaston Wharf, next is a swing bridge and lock, this is where I get back on the boat as this is the last lock before home.
8 comments:
I really enjoyed your pictures and now have a much better idea of the area you live in.
The photos really bring your lifestyle home. It looks lovely.
Wish I were younger....
You have an enviable life!
Thank you for the comments, Jill there are many boater on the cut much older than us and we are in our 60's
Great photos! I thoroughly enjoyed reading of your journey. Did you get back before the storm hit!
Yes Chris, we got back on Sunday and didn't get any snow until yesterday.
The orange boat is a rescue boat from a seafaring ship; it's usually high up at the back of the ship. If there is an emergency, the crew hop in, strap themselves in facing backwards/slightly up, and the 2nd-in-command (the only forward facing one, and the only one with a tiny window) will crank the boat by hand until it falls into the water. I've been part of a practice round once, and it's frightening!
Siebrie
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