We moved forward to the other mooring and had lunch. We were happy to stay here at Linton, but when Shane spoke to the boat already moored there he was greeted with “I don’t think it’s safe to stay here”. This might have seemed like he was wishing we weren’t there and being unfriendly, but it was the opposite. He said the water had been rising fast. He had been here a while and it was a rapid change just that day. Water coming down the Dales was arriving. He was going out in the evening and wasn’t keen on moving but didn’t like the rate it was rising at on the fixed bollards. Both he and Shane had slackened the ropes to allow for the boat lifting, but that would not be enough. He reluctantly decided he should move to the lock landing as it was a floating jetty and would rise with the water, rather than flooding. We went to see if there was anywhere else we could moor. At the lock who should we see but Lingalonga, returning from Ripon, wondering if he should come through. The rise in water levels was discussed and he said he would stay where he was on a floating jetty and if we wanted to come through, we could moor on to him, if we wanted. We waited until we felt no other boats were likely to come through and as the jetty was longer on that side of the lock we both fitted on it.