Dodgy internet again!

An interesting day yesterday cruising through Crofton towards Devizes. This post comes via my PDA from the roof of Khayamanzi as we cruise through the very pleasant long lock free pound before the flight. Met a BW official at Crofton who needed a lesson in public relations! The lock gate said leave a padle open so we did, granted we made a last minute decision to throw the rubbish out the side hatch as we saw a refuse skip but said BW man came running down waving his windlass at us shouting "you've left a paddle open" Having just sweated buckets up poorly maintained locks and found numerous with only 1 paddle working we were not in the mood for sarcasm and an exchange of words was given and received as we attempted, without success, to gain an explanation as to what we had done wrong, (although we now think we have worked it out,)

Granted, if you overlook the hard locks, manual and heavy swingbridges, poor maintenance, frequent slow widebeams and occasional jobs-worth BW officials, there is some lovely countryside, (if you can find anywhere to moor and enjoy it in between the hundreds of 'continuous moorers'!)

An interesting experience to do but certainly not one to return to!

It was indicative of BW's attitude to the K&A that we passed a BW working boat recognised from the Midlands - obviously pensioned off to the K&A in the wake of their new modular craft now in use.

Hopefully this evening I plan a more positive post with pictures of our Caen Hill experience!