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| The Gatehouse |
The day was dry but windy. We had a pleasant cruise round to
Tixall, following a narrow boat that pulled out in front of us. Perhaps we were
hidden by the tall reeds. We passed a trailer park and I noticed one had giant
gnomes in their tiny garden all lined up so that they faced the trailer’s
windows. I would get a fright if I opened my curtains to find a three foot high
gnome staring at me.
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| boats moored on Tixall Wide |
We had a short wait at Tixall lock and followed one boat
down at Great Hayward with only ten minutes wait. Then we arrived at Colwich
lock to find three boats ahead of us. It took over an hour to enter the lock.
The problem was it fills slowly and only has one ground paddle. The long boats
coming up couldn’t open the gate paddle until they were half way up or they could
flood their boat, but it seemed to take forever. After half an hour Lottie
barked as if to say “why are we waiting?”The Captain waited for his lunch
stoically and chatted to the other boaters. It is in the lock queues that you
hear all the canal news and meet interesting people so even a long wait can be
fun.
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| the stables from Tixall Wide |
We finally had lunch at the mooring round the corner,
knowing there were no more locks to do.
The final cruise back to our marina was trouble free, the
only delay being a short wait for boats to clear the tunnel. Now all we have to
do is pack up and maybe tackle some more things on the boat maintenance list.
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