By the time I'd managed to wind in the basin to go down the lock, the restaurant boat had taken my place, so we had to wait. Nice helping hand on the gates and paddles from Martin, who'd worked with Heritage. Explored up-river. Turning was tricky, and the mooring place didn't exist. So we came back to the recreation ground area to tie up.
Having to run the engine far too much to keep the batteries topped up. Curtis should be here tomorrow with the new set.
4 miles, 0 locks, 5 hours engine time.
