Woke up to mist on the water at 7.20 a.m. As the sun began to burn it off, the first boats of the day went past, more boats than we have seen in the last three days put together. It was noticeable that several of them made no change of engine noise and NO they were not hire boats! It seems that some private owners do not know that they are supposed to slow down near moored boats, even if they might assume the owners are still asleep. Later when we were underway, I noticed on several occasions that oncoming boats made no course corrections as thy headed towards us, but came full tilt down the middle of the canal. I often tell non boating friends that ,on the cut, the age of chivalry is not dead. After today's experiences I'm beginning to think it's not very well!
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