It’s Monday 18th April and we’re off. Cruising in convoy with Poppy Eyebright. Crick tunnel then the Watford flight of locks.
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Fairly easy trip thru the flight of locks – only those pirates on Black Bart in front of us!
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Stop for lunch …
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Tilly in her new roof boat box
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John rounds the Norton turn …
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to our overnight mooring … only been 5 hours but we all feel like it’s been a week on the Cut. Time to walk the dogs down to the New Inn . . so far so good.
View from our window …
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