Lovely sunshine greeted us again this morning but they heat has
gone. It was too hot for us but we could
do with it being a little warmer – there is no pleasing some people!
The boatyard opposite us was busy this morning with boats coming out of
the water and lots of banging and drilling going on!
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| I love this summerhouse |
We left our mooring and headed back down river to Rye House Junction
but this time went down the bottom of the “Y” of the Navigation and into
Feilde’s Weir Lock. Field’s/Feilde’s
Weir Lock was also “unofficially” known as Rattie’s Lock, named after Samuel
Rattee, the Lock keeper there for 37 years from 1841 until he died on 8th
November 1878. His name is phonetically
perpetuated in the name of the road which leads from Hoddesdon to the lock –
Ratty’s Lane.
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| Feilde's Weir Lock |
There we met a lady who told us that there had been police all over the
towpath at Broxbourne last night where a hire boat had been stolen and crashed
and other boats had had their ropes cut.
There was even a Police helicopter.
We were going to moor at Broxbourne but changed our minds!
In the end we only went as far as the top of Dobbs Weir Lock where we
have a lovely view of a lake which is the home of the Broxbourne Sailing Club.
This part of the navigation has been really busy this afternoon – we
haven’t really seen much traffic on either the Lee or the Stort so why it is so
busy today I don’t know.
I spent the afternoon researching new bits for the boat as we are
re-doing the kitchen in the winter and changing the internal colour
scheme. When we get home there should be
lots of samples waiting for me!
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| Our mooring |
2.88 miles
2 locks
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