The boat bearing the injured crew left long before us the next morning. It was gone 11 o'clock when we set off past Bulbourne and on to Marsworth Top Lock. Imagine the surprise of all four of us when along came Daisy, the couple we'd shared the same flight with on our way up. What a coincidence! They'd travelled at quite a pace, about eight hours a day, and been down to St Pancras Marina. The weather was getting warm and sunny as we descended together, swapping tales of our travels, and we enjoyed a fast descent, aided by three very willing vollies.
We moored next to each other below lock 46, right next to Marsworth Reservoir. The weather was now really beautiful, though there was a very strong wind which made mooring rather problematic.
After a quick sarnie lunch, Grace and I went for a walk around the Marsworth and Tringford reservoirs. It was very windy, but quite stunning!
The footpath took us onto the Wendover Arm of the GU. We did a reccy of the end of the navigation. Though the canal originally extended beyond this point to Wendover, it suffered the fate of many canals decades ago and got filled in. Time was, anyone wanting to take their boat to the very end of this stretch had to turn at a winding-hole about half a mile from the end and reverse the rest of their bendy way, since there was no place to turn at the end. Now there's a good-sized winding hole at the top, and a few decent moorings.
We walked the length of the arm back to its junction with the GU at Marsworth Top Lock.
At the junction, we turned left back down the path to Kantara. This is a beautiful walk to do, highly recommended.
The sunset was phenomenal.
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