We started off early (for us) and headed down to the locks. After filling with water and waiting a while in a queue, we set off through the first locks with a boat which had stopped for lunch on Wednesday thereby missing their chance to get through the lock before it broke and being stranded for 3 days. The boat which they would have gone down with had they not stopped at the pub, was the last boat through before the breakage. One of their crew is currently working on a new boat which they plan to make into the first ever floating off licence and travel the canals on it. They hope it will be ready by April. I hope we see her again next year with her business up and running.
We made our way down the flight, waiting between locks with this and other boats. Lots of chat and cups of tea, laundry and polishing of brass mushrooms (air vent covers on the roof). We eventually got through the broken lock at about 3.15. The damaged gate was jammed shut and CRT trust staff were there to help. As we went through we became aware of all the boats waiting at the other side, more than twenty of them!
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Just some of the long queue of boats waiting to go through the broken Buckby locks.
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Free at last we went the short distance to the Heart of the Shires shopping centre which is a short walk from the canal and has a very good kitchen shop. We eventually moored for the night between bridge 22 and 23 on the approach to Weedon. A different sort of day and good fun as it goes.
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