Limehouse

After heavy rain overnight and more this morning, we left Paddington at 08:00.  Arriving at Camden we let down the first lock, then waited for another boat ("Sunset") which had just appeared behind.  We descended the remaining two with them.   On the way to St Pancras lock we came across a boat being bow hauled.  The chap had suffered a burst hose and needed to get back to St Pancras, so we offered a tow which was accepted.  At St Pancras we came across a small craft and joined this one, but they stopped at Kings Cross for a can of petrol, so after the tunnel it was "Charlotte", a Broxbourne hire boat.   They lasted one more lock and we were on our own for the remainder, stopping at Victoria Park for a quick lunch.   The promised rain threatened several times but never appeared.  Mooring on the "wall" at Limehouse was a total shambles, with no boats lined up tidily according to length, so mooring alongside was not possible.   We elected for the opposite side.