Grove Lock

Leaving Giffard Park we settled down for the long lockless haul through Milton Keynes proper.  Passing Fenny Stratford Lock we passed nb Sanity with Bruce at the helm.   Sanity is another Braidbar Boat and Bruce runs the owners' Yahoo discussion group.   We had scarcely seen another boat before this but suddenly every few minutes we met another pair of opposite direction boats.   Three more were waiting for us above Stoke Hammond Lock, but after that no more until we moored up.  The Soulbury Three Locks were deserted, unusually.  Passing TESCO at Leighton Buzzard Pat leapt off for some stores, while I carried on to find somewhere to tie up for a while.   At the next Lock there is a Fullers Pub converted from an old Lock House - the Grove Lock.   We found a quiet mooring for the night just above the lock and a welcome pint and chat with another boater in the pub.