Well since I last wrote we have made it down 11 locks into Brentford on the edge of London.  We arrived there on Sunday.  Went exploring on Monday, but found it to be a very uninspiring place, so after having lunch on board we got a bus into Hamersmith.  The three of us had a walk around and found our way onto the bridge over the Thames, we hope to be travelling under there next month!  Tuesday morning saw Dave set off for home.  In the afternoon we went for a walk, initially to post a letter but walked on to Syon Park, saw a sign for Richmond so we walked on and ended up on Richmond Bridge.  We gave up walking after that and made our way back by bus!

Yesterday saw us coming up the 10 locks to Bulls Bridge.  I missed Dave’s help with the locks.  Especially as one of  the pounds was very low and we had to let a lot of water through to get out of the lock.  We then went under Bulls Bridge and are now on the Paddington Arm.  I will let you guess where we are heading!

As a note from Paul, It is a shame that there is so much vegetation debris in this section of the canal, especially as we saw a dredger and a weed boat moored at Brentford, shame that it isn’t being used as parts of this stretch are very shallow and smelly!