inside the M25

 Hard to believe that we are inside the M25 as the canal in this area is really quite rural as we travel through the Colne valley.  

Our mooring proved to be quite adequate overnight and the plan was to slide over to the Tesco shoppers moorings early morning.    However.....

Moorings looked pretty full in the evening!

I could have taken  exactly the same picture this morning!!!!  Nothing had moved.

After a reconnoitre from our side we thought we could just squeeze in which proved to be the case.

I had been fretting about thr throttle still not working properly all night so decided to call RCR again which I did very early.   This did not sit well with Geoffrey who felt we should carry on and see if it eased and a call out would delay our start again!    It proved to be a blessing however as Tom who had visited yesterday picked us up as the first job of the day and knew exactly what he had to do.    This was to thoroughly grease behind the panel.   What a difference!   I wass now a happy bunny again.

As soon as he had finished we set off as the forecast was rain and wind by the afternoon.    The aim was Denham Deep lock by Denham country park but in the event we found an open mooring a little before that and as the clouds were gathering to decided to quit whilst we were ahead.

Brightening up derelict warehouses.

Just below Copper Mill Lock is a slalom course

Mooring OK here but a bit lonely.   In addition we grounded later on putting us on a slope which is not a pleasant feeling especially when having a shower!   Geoff eased the lines and we levelled out a bit but no desire to stay over a day her.    As it happens we may have visitors tomorrow so will move up to Denham Deep lock which was yesterdays aim.