We did have one scheduled stop en route though. Having failed to get a pump out, we wanted to try one that was on the way back to Reading. There was one at Mapledurham Lock. You needed to buy a token and as we arrived the lock keeper had just gone on his lunch break. While we waited, another boat, Jester, arrived and we shifted along to let them queue for the same facility. After a wait, Shane went to get a token, Jester tried but hadn’t had money with them when they saw the lock keeper and he wouldn’t give them a token, with a promise of payment afterwards, while they were in the lock. Shane arranged with Jester that since they were lined up next to us we could probably get two tanks emptied in the 6 minutes of pumping time you got.They were impressed to hear we had a gauge on our waste tank, so when it was suitably low, I pressed the pause button and Shane passed over the hose and it went into a second boat, with a short shuffle of positions. I pressed the restart button and a second tank was emptied. The lock was now ready for both of us to go through together. We felt quite well bonded by the whole experience!