Propeller propelling again.

We were told that we would be entering the dry dock about 1000 after the other narrow boat that had damaged her propeller. And that is how it turned out. We settled on the blocks at 1010.

The dry dock gates.

I'm not sure whether it was the same crayfish as last time but this one was large and British and was climbing over the timber making up the water guides inside the gate to give you some scale.

The propeller certainly looks better than it did last time we saw it. It was soon fitted with not too much effort and a new split pin added.

The other job I was having done was to have a securing bar fitted above the diesel filler cap to make stealing fuel a bit more difficult. The seemed to be few propitiatory types to fit on an externally threaded cap.

This is how it was.

This as it is afterwards. A Padlock will be attached in the hole of the cross bar. It is now all painted up with base and undercoat.

This is the Junction House. To the left is the bridge over the Wendover Arm. In front of the house, within the white railings is the disused side pound of the top lock of the Marsworth flight that you can just see one of the beams to the left. Right next to the lock and indicated by the bull nose sticking out at the bottom right. It must have been a busy place at one time.

We were afloat again at just after 1300 and after farewells, and leaving them a carrot and banana cake we moved off to resume our southern passage. We didn't get very far as we had put some washing on and so stopped at the water point to top up. We then had a slow trip through Tring Cutting and moored up a little before Cow Roast. Once stopped we hung the washing up. Despite it spitting a little the clothes were largely dry before we brought them in.

Tring Cutting.

I'm not sure whether it is the newly balanced and fettled propeller but it sounds quieter and speed seems to come at lower revs. on the engine.