We made a reasonably early start from Weedon today, being under way by 0830. I have to confess it was a bit of a relief to get away from the Virgin trains thundering by on the West Coast Main Line. Don't get me wrong, I like trains as much as the next man, but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. We had tied up on the piling just south of Weedon Bridge 24 with the railway just a matter of yards the other side of the canal.
At Buckby Top we briefly saw Jan and Bob in their Waterways Chaplains uniforms while we topped up with water. Then we pushed on up the Leicester Section to the bottom of Watford Locks.
Just before reaching the locks, as expected, we passed
Dodona on its usual mooring. Now it sports a For Sale sign.
£35,000 "job lot", whatever that means.
We were the fourth boat in the queue at the bottom, so we thought we'd be allowed up behind the first three, but were told we'd have to wait as there were two boats at the top waiting to come down. So we had lunch.
The two boats turned into four. Hmm.
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| Jubilee at the top of Watford Staircase |
After a passage through an increasingly drippy Crick Tunnel we ticked over past all the boats which have already arrived for the Crick Boat Show and tied up in the shallows south of Bridge 15. The bow is close enough to solid ground, but the stern is sticking out a bit. The price we pay for not paying the price, if you see what I mean.
We walked in to the village after tea and discovered ... an Indian restaurant! It's attached to the Royal Oak pub. We got a menu and will probably eat there - for research purposes, of course - tomorrow.
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