After a lovely dinner at the Crown (Jo) and successful fire door mending (Robin) we got an early night to encourage us to make an early start today. We had a full day; altogether we made 12 miles and 9 locks.
We revisited the sight of the overboard laundry but all was quiet with no sign of the carnage that was.
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Still no sign of the lost laundry.
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We stopped at the Elsan point at Waltham Abbey to empty the loo and take for Scooby for his midday walk. He managed to find the only pheasant in Waltham Abbey and encouraged (dragged) Robin to chase after it with him. Underway again, we knew we were making progress into London when we went under the M25 once more.
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| The M25 (again) |
Of course we also had to revisit Picketts lock, the scene of our near sinking. As we went in we met some geese who needed to be shoo'ed out before we shut the gates and then all went smoothly with no mishaps. We were glad to see the back of it though.
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| The geese leaving Picketts lock. |
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| Leaving Picketts lock behind. |
We went past the reservoirs again, this time seeing sheep grazing on the embankments. Robin spotted a kingfisher sitting on a branch. He grabbed the camera and just managed to catch a flash of blue as it flew off. Very camera shy birds!
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| Sheep on the reservoir embankments. |
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| The kingfisher, if you look carefully! |
We had tried to book a overnight mooring at the Lea Valley marina at Springfield but they had no room, so we just hoped for the best. Eventually we found a space between a long row of boats and a
No Mooring sign and nipped in quick. It's not very salubrious but it is by the Walthamstow Marshes so nice for Scooby. It feels safe enough and we were pleased to have found somewhere. Back to Battlebridge Basin and the canal Museum tomorrow.
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| Harold shining in the Walthamstow evening sunshine. |
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