Fleckney

Here I am Rune

Distance 5.2 miles

Total 4741 Locks  313 Tunnels

Running total mileage 7,056.7 miles

Had a longer stay at Kilby Bridge than normal, 5 days although well within the limit of 14 days. Gave us the opportunity of a meal out with Sister in Law and of course stocked up with the weekend shop. It’s been harder work coming down this section. Some of the lock could do with re-balancing the balance beams as it is almost impossible to keep the gates shut at they swing open on their own. On several now we have let water out of the lock to secure the gates. The trouble is that if you don’t, and the bottom gate is invariably leaking badly, in these times of water shortage, you start to drain the pounds. We had that issue at one of the locks where the pound was already low and by the time I’d reached the lock there wasn’t enough water for me to get into it, so we had to run some water down from the pound above.

We have moored once again at the location we have previously stopped overnight on this section, it is a quiet, rural area and very pleasant. Tomorrow we should be in Foxton. The surprise today however was, since it was Bank Holiday Monday, was just how few boats we have met on the move, just 2 between Kilby Bridge and here.