We leave our mooring to a bright cold day and straight away we have a lock to operate, once we through the lock running adjacent to,us is The River Bulbourne which is a chalk stream that rises in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) at Cow Roast and flows through the centre of Berkhamsted. It used to support a vibrant watercress industry and remnant watercress beds still remain. The river runs beside the Grand Union Canal for seven miles to its confluence with the River Gade at Two Waters.
Next we are travelling through Berkhamsted, unfortunately the Canal and river Trust has issued a map of the canal as it runs through the town which looks like a penis.
As we go through the next lock we pair up with another boat, which normally make things easier as both boat crews normally help, I say normally because the crew on the other boat did the minimum amount , so after three locks with Denise and I doing most of the work we decided to ditch them so we moored up for lunch and let them go by there selves to operate the locks
After lunch we carry on for a few more locks before we reach tonight's destination Cowroast, which has nothing to do with cooking, but derives from cow rest, as it was popular overnight stop for cattle drovers heading to the London markets.
We sample the local pub the Cowroast Inn and then dinner and a night in front of the TV.
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