Sunday 9th August 2020
As ever, the Aylesbury Arm is hard going. Admittedly NOT ‘miles and miles of poly round the prop’ – there is a lot less litter about this Covid year. Fewer litterers but the pickers are still about. Instead, round the prop we got weed, big weed, little weed and even last years weed. Luckily, with Jannock’s prop and shaft arrangement, most instances of weed can be cleared by throwing the engine into reverse and back again which seems to clear it OK. Therefore not too many trips down the weedhatch unlike another boat who was travelling down at the same time – we ended up having to pass her in the reed section.
As we neared Aylesbury there was less water too. Some sections of the reed tunnel were very narrow, only enough room for a single boat.
Below Broughton lock we met the junior Keens crew and so stopped to pick them up. Once they were settled we set off again down through the last two locks to Aylesbury basin. The heat meant that we couldn’t be as much fun as we’d hoped, the hot life jackets and toddlers are not the best combo.
We had some time aboard with them before abandonning ship to visit the local park and then across the road to home where a paddling pool provided fun and coolth.
Back to Jannock for us two once it was toddlers teatime and we spent the evening sat out in the shade of an office block trying to keep cool. Mooring location was /// couple.slowly.powers
A timelapse video of today can be found at https://youtu.be/xECjRvMjjhs
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