Milton Keynes

Sunday:  Our early start (7.00am) was thwarted by the lock keeper at Marsworth who wanted to let water down, so we were delayed by half an hour and then had to wait for another boat.   This one was mob handed, so a relatively fast descent was made in spite of vast quantities of water over topping the gates, making opening the gates difficult.   I would say that restoration of the pound had been a bit overdone.   We left our company at the bottom and proceeded on.  Being Easter Sunday there was a lot of traffic, so we were rarely without company, but fortunately, no serious hold ups.  Following advice of other boaters we made for Great Linford for the night.   It was a very long day, but compensated for by a very acceptable sirloin steak in the Giffard Park pub/restaurant and a pleasant bottle of the cheapest red.