We arrived in Stoke Bruene on a beautiful warm, sunny afternoon. The 'gongoozlers' were out in force, it being such a lovely Sunday. After the canal being very, very quiet all morning it comes as a bit of a shock to the system to be suddenly surrounded by the hustle and bustle of a tourist destination.
We were fortunate to have company in the form of Katy and Brian and their lovely new narrowboat, 'Grumblebee' through the Braunston flight of locks and then again down the Buckby flight. These locks are renowned for being a heavy flight to operate so we were delighted to share them with this jolly couple, which definitely lightened the load.
The past couple of days have still been chilly so it was a treat today to be boating in warm sunshine.
Heading towards Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard over the next few days.
Lovely sunny photos. Grumblebee is a nice name. Are they a wide beam?
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