After a very rainy birthday on Saturday and an equally rainy Sunday we started our serious cruising for 2013 today. The weather wasn't brilliant but at least we stayed dry. We had thought we might go as far as Hemel Hempstead but decided that, as the cats haven't had a lot of fun with the wet weather, we would stop between Kings Langley and Hemel so they could enjoy some freedom.
Iron Bridge Lock looking rather smart with its new top gates and it no longer leaks like a sieve, well not from the top gates anyway, the bottom gates still leak.The towpath is still waterlogged from all the recent rain so boots were the order of the day.
It was a fairly easy journey, apart from one boat at Iron Bridge Lock, and a breasted up pair at Home Park Lock we had the canal to ouirselves.
Today's journey 4.2 miles and 9 locks
This year we have travelled 71.6 miles, 85 locks and 2 swing bridges
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 2150.1 miles, 1846 locks, 113 swing bridges, 61 lift bridges and 71 tunnels
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