Ooops.

Canal work boats tend to push engineless barges in front of them, rather than towing them. We assume that if the barges are as laden as this one then it would pull the stern down too far in the water. Anyway, this barge was so badly loaded it was almost capsizing and to cap it all it was very firmly aground - couldn't resist capturing the humiliation!

Day 121 - and the sad tale of Matilda.

September 13th 2013
7 locks, 462 in total. The crane flies of yesterday afternoon became a veritable plague during the evening – in our hair, hiding behind the curtains and then zapping us; they had to go and, by fair means and foul, they did (apart from the one I could hear in the bedroom for most of the night!) We had a mere 15 minute wait to go down the Watford Flight and staircase and this w ... read more

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