Watford Weekend

Bristol & Argo were the last up the lock in the evening, so awaking at 6:30, the lock was ready for us with top gates open.   At 7.05, a community boat got there first!  So at around 8:00, having shut the bottom gates and filled the lock again, we set off.   At Cassio Lock there was no sign of the community boat, but the lock was almost full, so our fears of having the gate saga all over but in reverse were wrong.  The day was overcast and chilly with threatened rain and gales, so I was anxious to press on.  From Batchworth down there was quite a lot of other traffic.  We followed Lord Aragorn down - but he had a lockwheeler and left us in the dust after Coppermill.   No sign of them at all by Widewater.  But the rain did come, and after mooring up we decided to stay the night and leave in the morning for home.