We stopped last night in Berkhamsted after another warm day which was relieved by the arrival of Sue and Graham who had cycled down from Cowroast to meet us as we made our way through the 13 locks from Apsley. This morning was not as warm as we left and went through the remaining 8 locks to reach the Tring Summit above Cowroast. This area in the 1700s had a lot of cattle pens where the drovers coming from the Midlands could rest their cattle on the road to the London market. All that went with the coming of the railways
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| Our mooring at Cowroast just past the marina entrance |
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| The huge office block looks so out of place over shadowing a lovely cricket field in Hemel Hempstead |
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| This heron refused to move and then we realised that the owners had purchased a plastic one!!!! |
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| A lovely Stewarts & Lloyds tug returning from the Braunston Classic boat show |
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| I just love the name of this lock- its near a large sewage works |
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| Entering Berkhamsted which had plenty of vacant moorings |
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| We moored opposite this house-just before The Crystal Palace Inn on Friday night which had some nice canal ware |
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| We thought the building was a wet dock but when they opened the shutter there was a gym inside |
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| Now you don't often see a group of Uni-cyclists on the tow path |
