When we booked in with the lockie yesterday he said the the tide would right for out exit our onto the Ouse at 2:00. He said that he would be along at 1:30 to have a chat with us.

So we spent the morning doing a bit of shopping and I had a problem at work that needed dealing with. At 1:30 we were all ready, but no sign of lockie. He arrived at 1:50 and said that in about half an hour he would lock out the widebeam that was also booked, then us. (there wasnt room in the lock for both of us). We didn’t get out until 2:50pm. Today’s tide was not a big one, only about 3 meters, so we wanted to get to Naburn reasonably quickly to make sure there was enough depth of water at the lock. We rode along on the rising tide at nearly 6mph for about 2 hours, then the tide turned and we we only making 4.5mph despite an increase in revs. But all was well and we arrived here safe and sound. Only about 2 hours tomorrow and we will be in York !