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We continued our trip down the Grand Union Canal leaving Hemel Hempstead and heading for the big smoke. An interesting evening was had at Watford helping a dutch barge that became stuck due to low water in the pound at Cassiobury Park.  This area of the Grand Union appears to be quite neglected as we spent a few nights on the muddy bottom ourselves. The weather has been quite humid and we decided to stop a couple of days in Harefield South just to relax.  We then cruised further south towards Brentford to get onto the Thames. Between Harefield and Brentford was pretty scummy a lot of crappy boats half sinking into the canal and not canal worthy at all.  Who knows how they manage to get their boat safety certificates. We are still meeting friendly people and we paired up with another couple to Brentford.  We had to wait for the lock booking so our new mate Jonno cracked a nice bottle of red. We have now left the canal system and are heading up the River Tham...

This week started off quite relaxed. We took it easy and decided to explore a dead end branch of the Grand Union Canal, the Wendover Arm.  This turned out to be a great decision as the canal was very quiet, the water clear and we could see lots of fish. So could the Tern that followed our boat all the way to the basin at Tringford (it even managed to catch a few fish) We found a nice quiet mooring in the basin. It was a fair walk into the township of Tring, we tried out a couple of pubs and had the worst meal so far in the Robin Hood pub. Beer and service were great but the food was shit. After one night at Tringford we returned (we were accompanied again by our friend the Common Tern who was fishing) to the Grand Union Canal and moored in Berkhamsted.  It was a convenient location to catch up with family and access London via public transport. We had a lovely afternoon catching up with Linda's family on Sunday until we injured Aunty Joyce.  We made her inspect t...