This morning we were woken up at 4 a.m. by the loud crashing of falling bicycles on the back of the boat. On climbing, or rather nearly falling out of bed, I realised that the boat was on a tilt. On looking out of the window I realised that the water level on the canal had gone down by about 18 inches. The back of the boat was caught on a concrete sill and was jammed, causing us to list at an alarming angle !! Got back to sleep only to be woken again by the bloody swan admiring its reflection in our paintwork and pecking the steel like a woodpecker !!!! Early start at 5.30 to get the boat off the sill and level.
Headed off later on ........
On the way through Chris thought it was his lucky day when he spotted this pub ....... and its sign by the lock-side ........
.........until he read the small print Free House ..... Good Beer .. Come Inside.
Aah Well. Carried on towards Winkwell which had a lovely pub The Three Horseshoes by the side of a swing bridge which touts itself as being there since 1535 and has two ghosts ... a highwayman and an old lady.
We moored up and enjoyed a lunchtime drink here. I then rode in to Hemel Railway station to book a ticket to London on Thursday to see Julia and Imogen.
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