We had a slightly later start today, our main objective being to get downstream of Bray Lock, which is having numerous breakdowns at present, some of them taking half a day to fix. Our first lock was only a mile downstream of the last one, the shortest pound on the Thames. We moored up behind another narrowboat,only to be told the lock had “frozen”, no amount of button pushing could do anything ! Fortunately the lockie appeared at 9am and reset the lock computer, straight thru !

As most of the pounds (river between locks) are short, little convoys of boats form. With the Gin Palaces overtaking the slower narrow boats there is gradual change, but you usually re form at each lock if it’s not immediately available. The river traffic is increasing, as are the riverfront house values.

We got thru Bray Lock ok, and are ahead of schedule, so dropped pins above Windsor. We aim to catch up with Penny and Iris around Desborough on Sunday. It’s about 6 hours cruising to get there, so with 2 days we can relax, especially if the sun continues to shine.