A two night's stop was made at the St.Pancras Cruising Club, where we were made very welcome, even though their site is in the process of the construction of a dry dock; and Sorrel had some welding attention given to its tiller, which had been progressively parting company from the top end of the rudder post, which needless to say, had made the passage through Camden Locks more than a little difficult!
Waiting at St. Pancras for a mooring at the Club.
Some of the locks at the eastern half of the canal had keylocks in the paddlegear, which presented a nice puzzle at first sight, there being no instructions on how they are worked! Even putting in a key didn't immediately bring relief (or release!)!!! For some miles, the light on the tower of Canary Wharf twinkled at us in the distant sky through the rain and clouds, beckoning us on.
After passing the lovely Victoria Park, our arrival at Limehouse happened in bright sunshine, a nice change, after all that rain, though the overcast soon returned!
Limehouse Basin.At first, we couldn't see anywhere to moor, the basin is so big - eventually we caught sight of the moorings, on the far side, in the distance! Then, we couldn't see the pumpout site, which we understood was there. Resort to the man-in-the-office brought the solution(!) - it was all on a pontoon in the middle of the basin!
The pumpout pontoon.
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