8th November 2015. Berhamstead to Tring Summit.

After a leisurely afternoon with friend Carole on Thursday, we ended up staying three days in Berhamstead. A canal volunteer tipped us off that the restored art deco cinema, The Rex, was worth a visit. We looked it up and booked tickets to see the film of Macbeth on Saturday night. We spent the days pottering about, pleased to be safely moored among civilisation as the rain came down. The cinema was beautiful and luxurious, rather in contrast to the film. It was a very nice experience. Jo also discovered an vintage fair on Saturday and Robin an Aladdins cave of a hardware shop, so everyone was happy. We also made good use of the very handy craft shop and stocked up at Waitrose, both of which are very near the canal.
Harold got covered in leaves, poor soul, and we had to give him a good sweep before we left.

There were fireworks all over Berkhamstead all weekend. Fortunately Scooby doesn't seem to mind them at all. Just joggers, cyclists, other dogs, people.....

We set off today in a grey morning, filling up with water and ditching the rubbish before we left. In 2.5 miles we went up the remaining 7 locks to get us past Cowroast lock (and an Elson point) and to the summit of this bit of canal. It will be downhill for a while now. There are good visitor moorings here and it feels quite exposed, just as a 'summit' should.

Coming into moor at Tring Summit.

Trying Summit.

We finally had to give in and did some washing today so the boat is hung about with wet clothes, along with the general muddiness. The joys of winter boating.