Braunston

The painters were at work on the top lock wen we passed through at 8:00.  I managed to get a white palm from the balance beam.   Entering Braunston Tunnel we saw a light at the far endand expected to have to pass at some stage, but it turned out to be a rear light and we caught up with it just as we exited the tunnel.   It must have been going very slowly.  We descended the flight into Braunston in company with this boat and moored up near the footpath bridge up to the village.   My back is now very painful, no doubt from the activities down the engine hole yesterday. However, I still managed to clean one side of the boat and black the gunwale.