Double Breasted

Last uphill lock before the summit at Tring, from here on it's all down hill

Waiting for the lock to empty

This was the 14th and last lock of the day, so the lockies are getting a bit tired.

"I've just bought this"!

We are in Hemel Hempstead for the weekend and although we are in the middle of the town with some very nice houses along the towpath, it's so quiet and peaceful here you would think your out in the country. There are so many boats moored around here, there wasn't enough room to moor one in front of the other as we usualy do, so we breasted up with Bendigedig on the inside, due to the fact that this is a wide canal we can get away with it.

The supermarket is 400 yds one way and the pub is about the same the other, sat reception is great so it's a very good spot!!. The weather has been good too this weekend, some showers on Sat morn, sunny pm and all day Sunday it has been warm and sunny.

Last week we had a lot of locks, and it will be the same for the start of this week, we still have 26 locks and 33 miles to go. However, we will get there in our own time, it's not a race and the idea is to enjoy it at a pace that suits us, and thats what we are doing.