We made a late start today, my excuse is that I was suffering from shock after QPR beat Chelsea last night.
We stopped at the facilities to dump our rubbish etc, then headed up through the Marsworth Locks. It was another grey day today but very mild and dry. There were a couple of other boats on the move, one ahead of us going up and one we met at the first lock heading for the Aylesbury Arm.
When we reached Bulbourne I discovered that where I had planned to moor has been designated as winter moorings for permit holders only. I'm not sure what the situation is if you overnight on an unoccupied winter mooring, but I couldn't pretend I didn't realise as there was a notice right where I intended to stop. As we were denied our preferred spot we carried on across Tring summit and moored approaching Cowroast. Unless Hyperion is heading in this direction we will have to stop for fuel at Cowroast Marina, which will probably be expensive. It's very strange, here we have no television or radio signal, the phone isn't very good but the internet is perfect.
We are trying to decide whether to carry on southwards or hang around and head back to Bulbourne for the Open Day, a week on Sunday, we'll probably make our minds up tomorrow.
Today's journey 2.8 miles and 7 locks
This year we have travelled 10.9 miles, 18 locks and 1 swing bridge
In 2012 we travelled 876.9 miles, 675 locks, 55 swing bridges, 23 lift bridges and 31 tunnels
In 2011 we travelled 461.4 miles, 444 locks, 3 swing bridges, 34 lift bridges and 15 tunnels
During 2010 we travelled 740.3 miles, 642 locks, 53 swing bridges, 4 lift bridges and 25 tunnels
Since Ray retired we have travelled 2089.4 miles, 1779 locks, 112 swing bridges, 61 lift bridges and 71 tunnels
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My view is that if there's no-one on the winter mooring, it's fine to stop there -- particularly if it's only for one night.
ReplyDeleteNever been sure, but if it had been really late I would probably have stopped.
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