Another
sunny day and the solar panels were busy doing their stuff. Steve and Diane wanted to leave at 10am as
once back at Newbury they need to drive home ready for work in the
morning. Do we miss those days – do we
heck!!
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| Daisy Chain in a reflective pose |
We
went down through Kintbury Lock – hmm yes we actually did it today - and then
cruised eastwards.
There
was definitely more traffic on the canal today and we met oncoming boats at
each lock. We also followed a hire boat
down through a couple of locks – the skipper had managed to fall in between the
boat and the lock waiting and couldn’t get out fortunately his wife was able to
put a rope round him and haul him out!
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| It had been snowing at Benham Broad! |
At
Benham Broad the water was covered in seeds from the willow trees – it looked
just like snow on water!
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| The narrow approach to Higg's Lock |
As
we approached Higg’s Lock there are overhanging trees on both sides of the
canal making it very narrow to get through.
I’m glad we weren’t in a wide beam!
The
lock waiting at Higg’s is really attractive and I made Richard and Steve stay
put while I went back to get my camera – it was a scene I just couldn’t miss.
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| Higg's Lock |
As
we went under the A34 there are a crowd of bridge hoppers – but for heaven’s
sake who would want to live under a main road bridge!
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| A wonderful place to live! |
Before
we knew it we were in Newbury – my first electrified swing bridge of the
year! We moored up above Newbury Lock,
had lunch then Steve and I went to find Maplins. He needed a TV aerial connector and I wanted
a lead to connect the laptop to the TV so we can watch iPlayer. However according to the young man in the
shop I can’t do that with my laptop. I
ended up buying a Roku 1 – a wifi streaming player that we can get over 450
channels along with Netflix, NOW TV, Sky Sports on NOW TV, Sky Store, Demand 4,
BBC iPlayer, and more. It had better
work as it cost £49.99!
Down
through Newbury Lock, along the white water ride to the park but sadly it
wasn’t much of a white knuckle ride today!
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| Newbury |
We
said goodbye to Steve and Diane at Greenham Lock as they moor in Greenham Lock
Marina and we were going down to the Newbury Boat Company. We had had a lovely time with them and it was
sad to say goodbye but I’m sure it is only au revoir.
It
seemed like coming home as we entered the marina – we had overwintered here in
2010/2011. Derek and Emma were soon out
to welcome us and to look at our tiller and see what can be done. Dave Lane will try and sort the problem out
in the next week or so.
Kintbury
to Ham Manor Marina
6.67
miles
9
locks
1
swing bridge
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