I was awake early, and we set of at 7.45 — it was sunny but still cold. On our way into and through Milton Keynes we saw our first ducklings and goslings, and I also saw a crow grab a moorhen chick, much to the dismay of its parents. I always think moorhens care far more about their young than ducks, who seem to take the loss of them very much in their stride.
It’s pretty slow going through Milton Keynes because of all the moored boats. At the marina, a boat was coming out and we had to go into sharp reverse as he just kept coming. Eventually we got to Fenny Lock, which Adrian worked us through.
We had lunch on the move between there and Stoke Hammond Lock. At Willowbridge, a pipe over the canal has become bright green.
I walked from Stoke Hammond Lock to the Soulbury Three Locks, to get some steps in.
At the locks, it appeared that a boat was coming down the top one and was about to swap with a boat going up the middle one, but in the end the downhill boat turned below the lock. We were well on our way up by then so they waited for us in the top lock.
We continued on to Old Linslade. The Allcotts are coming to see us this evening, and there’s a handy car park by the bridge. We took a walk up past the church through the very well kept cemetery, and took the path on the offside of the canal to the bridge by The Globe, before coming back along the towpath.
16 miles, 5 locks. (17 miles, 6 locks)
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