It’s been very sunny for most of this week, and at times even quite warm. It was a lot less bright this morning so we were a little reluctant to get going. When a boat came past, I wondered about suggesting we set off so that we could join them in the staircase lock, but we weren’t quite ready. A while later I saw another boat pass and suggested we should join them. We started to get ready, but as soon as I got on to the back deck I realised that there was another boat coming – they already had a partner for the locks.