To Buzzard

 After a couple of peaceful and very enjoyable days at the end of the Wendover arm its time to move. We pulled pins at 09.00 and with the level up in the arm and the pumps pumping water into the canal we made good time down the arm.

 All was going well until we reached the Marsworth flight of locks. For some bizarre reason some idiot decided to leave a paddle up on the bottom gates of every lock on the flight. As I've said before the rules of locking are very simple. Close all gates and paddles unless otherwise instructed. So with empty locks and some low pounds going was slow.

 

 We saw this strange Duck and didn't have a clue what it was. It was with a load of Mallards who didn't seem to want it around them and was bullying it .

 Like the jumper Carolyn ..Whats that all about ?

 

 Contractors busy on the towpath above Grove lock. But I'm not sure why they were cutting the grass, It couldn't have been more than an inch or two long.

 Incoming Swan.

After a good days cruise we arrived at Leighton Buzzard where we will have a couple of days for her Ladyship to do a bit of Xmas shopping before moving onto Milton Keynes where apparently there is a need to do even more Xmas shopping as there are even more bigger and better shops there.

                                                                 Happy Days