Berkhamsted to Grove Lock

We found a card from Andrew Denny on our rear deck this morning, so Granny Buttons must have been nearby.  Sorry to have missed him because he was the inspiration for this blog.  My blogging guru one might say.  Blogging has its uses. It was thanks to Bruce Napier's Blog (Living in Sanity) that I learned of a company called "Insight" that runs team building courses based on a three day canal cruise to Berkhamsted and back using Wyvern Shipping Boats.  So when I saw the tell tale signs - the blue boats and the windlass swinging teams preceeding them on the towpath I was ready and we were able to link up with their "office boat" for a fast transit to Bulbourne.  Leaving Berkhamsted we passed Andrew's boat moored up above the next lock.  Much too early to wake him.  Must get some cards!!! At the top of the Marsworth Flight, unfortunately, we came up behind one vey slow boat and another Wyvern hire boat and we got separated, joining the Wyvern Boat.  Generally hire boats have large crews and so it was, and we descended Marsworth in double quick time.  The first timers were hooked on the canal life and showed an avid thirst for information which is encouraging.  We carried on solo from Pitstone Wharf, but were aware of a boat in front leaving a bottom gate open for us! We caught up with it - a single hander - but only to share two locks before he too moored up.  So we were at the Grove by 15:30 and easily within reach of Leighton Buzzard, but decided to stop anyway.  Despite a warm sunny afternoon, welcome after days of chilly overcast, the evenings are still getting cold.  Time to light the fire!

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A bit about the canal at Berkhamsted www.castlewharf.com see Canal and Riverside Partnership