Restrictions or not, there is generally a queue for Braunston. It's always a hoot, as Braunston Canal Carriers are based just below the bottom lock, to the right in this pic. Opposite them is a significant working boat yard and Chandlery, and at the lock is Lock Stores, where we've bought three of our oil lamps let alone a number of ice creams. So it's busy most of the time!
Queueing means walking the boat forward, one foot on Bella's gunwhales and one on a hire boat's gunwhale, and tying our bow and stern lines where we can - on one or two boats! We step over the hire boats to hop up to the lock shop for the ice creams....
