A lie in this morning. We are presently sitting moored on the grass bank above the Grove Lock pub watching the mist slowly lifting. We need a mega shop at Tesco this morning, and being Sunday there is no need for hurry. We might already be a day early in our plans. Yestrday afternoon I had a bit of a scratch at some of the rust spots on the roof. Even late afternoon, the gunwale was too hot to stand on in bare feet, but the evenings are getting chilly.
Finally we left at 9:30. Whilst in the lock we had a chat with the owner of LOTUS, Mr May, moored nearby. His boat was also painted by Andy Russell. We stopped at Tesco in Leighton Buzzard and then continued on catching up with a very slow moving Wvern Boat at 3 locks. There was a long wait at the top while a boat ascended, then we moved down together. The American hirer told us to go on ahead as they wanted to be very slow, so at Stoke Hammond we took advantage of a just exited lock and locked down on our own. There is never very much to say about Milton Keynes. Just that we arrived at the Giffard Park pub at 17:00. Pat had a casserole in the slow cooker all afternoon, followed by bananas and icecream with chocolate sauce. Great Stuff.
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