Saturday 8th August 2020
Another scorchio day so we chose a very late start and arrived at Jannock at about 4pm.
We readied the boat and set off towards Marsworth turn at just after 5pm. Unfortunately it was still quite warm so the steerer was grateful for the cool breeze within the locks generated by the water flowing over the top gates. This also had the effect of making most of the locks ready for us when we arrived with no need to fill first.
After doing nine locks we moored for the night out in the country above Puttenham top lock. It’s a good job the location choice wasn’t made specifically for being quiet. We found ourselves under a flight path and just across a field from a noisy village pub/disco. (No one said Covid was quiet ;^) And then the evening harvesting started.
A cool breeze joined the party and dinner was taken out on the foredeck. Then Cap’n Jannock got out his power tools and added to the general noise by ‘fine tuning’ the newly manufactured safety gates so that they were secure for our newest ‘crew members’ who are joining ship tomorrow.
Our mooring location is /// hardening.justifies.rate
A timelapse video of today’s trip can be found at https://youtu.be/JHpWveUE4QE
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