After a few days in Aylesbury we finally got going again. This was much to the relief of Scooby the dog who didn't like the boat being moored on a pontoon (no-one walking past to bark at) and nothing much happening for dogs except walks between the showers.
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| The pontoons in Aylesbury town centre. |
However, the humans enjoyed their stay in Aylesbury. Robin serviced his engine, finding a notable and satisfactory amount of gunk in his filters!
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| The gunky fuel filter! |
And we went to the waterside theatre to see a showing of the opera Aida, which along with a town to explore and some decent shops made for a happy Jo too.
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| The waterside theatre. The sitting statue is of Ronnie Barker who first performed professionally at the old theatre. |
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St. Mary's Church. It has a café in the refectory where Jo took shelter during one of the
many downpours we had in Aylesbury. |
After stocking up on provisions for visitors we expect later this week we set off and got 4.5 miles and 7 locks back along the Aylesbury Arm when heavy rain set in. We gave up for the day, mooring where we had on our way down. On the way we met this floating log with occupant.
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| As we come out of the lock we see this obstacle ahead. |
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As we get nearer the log drifts to the side and the heron is pretending to ignore us.
He flew off when we were a few feet away. |
Lovely heron !
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