My narrow escape (Home)

So this is the last leg. I'm going home to the marina in West London. I have travelled the whole length of the remaining journey already on the way north in May. Canal wise there isn't that much choice going to and from London (none to be precise). Therefore I won't bore you with as much detail, but cover all of the remaining 89 miles in one post. In Braunston I picked up my crew Sabine again for the bank holiday weekend. There are some major lock flights on this stretch and also the two big long tunnels, which I definitely like better when I'm not alone. Poor Sabine only ever gets to do big locks with me, never the easy narrow locks. We set off up the Braunston lock flight on a sunny and warm Saturday morning. I had expected a queue, but actually we were alone initially. However, a boat turned up as we were preparing the first lock so we were able to share all the way up. There were lots of boats coming down so the going was fast. After the flight it was time f