Olympic Park and Bow Creek
It's been a while since I have written anything on this blog. Not that much to report as I haven't been on any major cruises for more than two years (way too long!). Last week I went on a little round trip though that is worth describing, as not very many people do it: a couple of hours going round the Olympic Park, through a very unusual lock, another massive lock, a tidal creek and another lock that is hardly ever used. Another boater posted on facebook that he was planning to do this trip, so I signed up for it and also found two crew who wanted to come along. The locks had to be pre-booked through CRT as they are all operated by lock keepers. If you want to do it, you need to book Carpenters Road Lock, Three Mills Lock and Bow Lock in this order. And do look at the tide times beforehand. You need to go onto Bow Creek on the incoming tide with enough water to navigate, but enough time to get you round before the tide turns. This is the route we took: The day of the