Our day of slow boating was rudely interrupted when a wide beam Narrowboat tried to go through Pyrford Lock without using ropes…..result one lifted lock gate. Chris, the local lengths man took 3 hours to fix it with a small jack and help as required from those of us waiting. As there were witnesses, and the boats name/number is known, he will be fined. Apart from the delay he ruined a couples day who had hired a boat for a picnic. They were last seen heading back to the boatyard to get a refund. Slow boaters rarely get “boat rage” but this guy hadn’t even stopped to apologise, so I’m sure there will be words. As a consequence of the above incident we did the first 2 locks with 2 other boats, a first for us. By 4.30 we were getting tired, decided Guildford can wait, and have moored up as shown below.

T42 waiting for the chamber to empty at Papercourt Court Lock.

This evenings moorings just upstream of Bowers Lock.