A leisurely start – 7:30. A narrowboat called Bijou joined us and Terry offered to help us as well, so we shot down to Braunston. Changing our plans, as we do, we decided to carry on to Calcutt Boats for a pump out and refuel as Braunston was still asleep. Then on again down the rest of the Calcutt Locks and on to Stockton Top Lock were a single boat (Thomas) had just started descending. So they offered to wait for us and we shot down there as well, mob handed for crew, but not perfectly organised nonetheless. We are now seriously ahead of schedule. Our plan was to shoot home on Wednesday, pick up the dogs and Grannie and return, but now we can afford the time to do an overnight. Leaving a boat overnight in Leamington is not recommended, so we have been doing some research and can probably use a boatyard in Warwick.
Very poor signals for the last few days, so communication has been difficult. No 3G on the Vodafone card since leaving home, so the pictures I have been saving will have to wait. It just takes too long on GPRS. (Since updated at home on broadband)
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