Coventry hypo

A brilliantly warm and sunny cruising day, very summer like. All went swimmingly unti Glascote locks where the Middle one had a broken paddle, causing a queue, delays and frustration. Boaters are a patient lot, but there is always an exception in any situation, yesterday's was a middle aged chap with a young family to impress, creating a disaster from an inconvenience. Us experience boaters have learnt to ignore them and not get involved. All locks have two paddles each end to allow water in and out,so they still operate with one broken, only slower.

We eventually got through and moored in the middle of nowhere near Amington where I had a hypo, admirably dealt with by Lynne, as usual, although it was something of a shock to Karen and Steve.