{"id":1311,"date":"2017-06-20T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2017-06-20T20:32:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:32:38","slug":"dahon-and-drone-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Dahon and Drone Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another early start 6:25 and we were off and up the first of many locks.<\/p>\n<p>At Semington we met up with Colin and his boat Hobo Diddly who provided company through the next seven locks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1306\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1306\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-3-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-3.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Locked up with Colin and Hobo Diddly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We moored just after the Sells Green moorings and out came the folding bike. \u00a0Peter \u00a0rode down to lock 29 to check out the possibilities for mooring and they looked promising so we decided to tackle the next set of locks.<\/p>\n<p>En route we spied Toby and Sarah&#8217;s Caen friends in The Stoker. \u00a0We also noticed an unusual request.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1305\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1305\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-2.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not often you see this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was some interesting flora such as mallow and meadow sweet along the banks and when we arrived at our destination some lovely white water lilies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1310\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1310\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-7.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallow and Meadow Sweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1307\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1307\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Lilies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We finally arrived at around 15:30 at the extremely pleasant moorings between locks 28 and 29 at \u00a0where there is room for three boats. \u00a0There was only one other boat there and we were able to choose a blissfully shady spot. \u00a0At nine hours, including the bike recce, it was a longer day than most for us but it did involve 15 locks and several swing bridges. \u00a0Swing bridge number 156 was, in my view, of very doubtful parentage and I struggled mightily to get it moving.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1309\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1309\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-6-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-6.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Something to look forward to?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1308\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1308\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20-June-5.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view from above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another early start 6:25 and we were off and up the first of many locks. At Semington we met up with Colin and his boat Hobo Diddly who provided company through the next seven locks. We moored just after the Sells Green moorings and out came the folding bike. \u00a0Peter \u00a0rode down to lock 29 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=1311\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dahon and Drone Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-2017"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-l9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}