Nuggler is on the move again, this time to Limehouse for the Nuggler's Lock Supervisor's 21 birthday party. So this means leaving home early to beat the traffic, then to Little Venice or Paddington as a staging for the final leg to Limehouse. There was much more canal traffic about than that we usually meet to the extent that I was lucky enough to find a boat just entering Denham Lock and so was able to join in. Both of the locks below had the top gates open, so passage was fast. As a single hander paired with a dual crewed boat I prefer to work my side just as if I was alone - so it worked out that although I allowed the other boat to leave first, I was first out of Cowley Lock because the other needed to stop to pick up crew, whereas I work from the lockside, rope the boat out and join it while moving having closed the gate. So I led down on to Bull's Bridge. I turned off there in time to save having to follow a slower boat that I had caught up, and had no delays then on to Little Venice. Mooring was a potential problem. Nothing on the rings at Little Venice, and all the pontoons full at Paddington bar one which I took. The mooring cleats on the pontoons are very badly positioned, so it is necessary to tie back and the boat is, in consequence not very secure.
Once moored, a quick visit to the TESCO local and then household chores. Tomorrow I leave for Limehouse early.
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