10 miles and 7 locks.
On Wednesday we left Fenny Stratford after a short explore found it to be a bit of a dump (sorry FS). A cloudy, chilly day; disappointing after our hopes had been raised by the weather forecasters. Robin and Scooby had to repel a pirate attack at one point. We went past a field with two rottweillers in it. Scooby barked back at them (of course) and one of them jumped into the canal and swam towards the boat, reaching just a few inches of the stern deck. Robin was afraid he would get caught in the propeller! Fortunately the dog gave up eventually, swimming back to his field, and we continued on, rather shaken. We made our way to bridge 111 and stopped at a busy mooring by the Globe Inn where we finally had our anniversary dinner. On Thursday we continued on, stopping only briefly at Tesco's in Leighton Buzzard for fresh provisions. Jo also bought some second hand books from the Book Boat also moored there. It was, at last, the promised lovely sunny day, although the wind had an autumnal chill.
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| Approaching Grove lock, just south of Leighton Buzzard. |
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| And preparing to leave Grove lock under a lovely blue sky. |
The landscape is beginning to change as we leave the gentle rolling of Northamptonshire and approach the Chilterns. We glimpsed the chalk lion of Whipsnade Zook now and then, hunting him through the hedgerows. After being in busy places for a while, we chose to moor by bridge 118 in the middle of nowhere where Robin fished and we could make the most of the sunny evening.
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| The chalk lion spotted through the undergrowth. |
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A hedge full of starlings.
Occasionally they burst upwards in a flurry against the blue sky. |
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