It's so strange when you travel along the river in an area that you are very familiar with because everything looks different from the water. This is a very pretty river and we were so lucky with the weather again today.
We have travelled through the Marina, Lower, Stanstead, Hardmead, Ware and Hertford Locks. The gates were really heavy - Steve had to get off the boat at Hardmead Lock to push it for me as I just couldn't budge it! We were in Ware Lock for nearly an hour then a nice young chap came to our rescue and explained that he runs the Lee Valley Tours at the weekends and one of the lock gates has been knocked out of balance but between the two of them they managed to push it open - hope the two of us can manage it when we come back on Friday!
We saw lots of goslings today, the odd heron, some cows and sheep but nothing unusual. We passed through Rye House where Lucy lives, through Ware near to where Krispy lives (my sisters) and Stanstead Abbots where my friend Judith lives! We had been warned that moorings are really hard to find in Hertford but we were lucky and found a great spot just by the allotments. An old fellow on the towpath stood there waving us into the space and rushed to help with the ropes - he told me he was 79 but his mum had lived to 103 so he had high hopes for longevity!
Our nephew, James, also rode to us on his bike for dinner so it was a quick look through my recipe books and a dash into town to buy some mushrooms because he has turned veggie! Great to see him.
Thank you all for reading the blog and your feedback. Several people have said that they have tried to add a comment but were unable to post it - I believe this is because you have to have a googlemail account to be able to post a comment so if you would like to pop me an email instead it would be great to hear from you - lisacant65@yahoo.co.uk.
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| Heading out of the Marina |
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| Waiting for the lock to fill to get out! |
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| Rye House Go-Karting Track |
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| Lucy and Rich live just over there! |
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| Stansted Marina at Stanstead Abbots |
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| London feels a long time ago now. |
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| In Stanstead Lock - slowly does it Steve - that water looks like it's in a hurry to get in here! |
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| OK we'll leave the guy that wants to drive over the lock to put the swing bridge back! |
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| Hardmead Lock - that left hand gate is the one I couldn't budge! |
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| Home made catamaran! |
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| Nice paint job Alfie. |
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| A hidden part of Ware that you can only see from the river. |
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| Blue sky and sunshine - it's hard to believe we have just passed under....... |
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| the A10! |
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| Catweazle! |
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| Another piece of lock damage - glad I wasn't driving!! |
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| Welcome to Hertford - view to the left. |
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| Allotments to the right. |
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| Bye James - safe ride home. |
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