Hastings

Peaceful night last night on the wall of the town docks in Campbellford. Left this morning after topping up fuel tanks in Campbellford (as did most of the other boats there, cheapest fuel in the system). Took about 5 hours to pass through the 6 locks and wind our way through Crowe Bay and River,  Seymour Lake, Burnt Point Bay, and Trent River and canal. Lots of beautiful homes and cottages along the route. Not many boats coming down the system. We met one tour boat, a couple of cruisers.
As we entered Lock 13, we were told that it was a port side lock. Asked what made it different (Had been going in on the starboard side). According to the lockmaster,  many locks at the beginning of the system have been renovated so that the water comes in from one side at the bottom, bounces off the other side, then rushes back. The boat needs to be on the side from which water is entering, because the water bouncing back will hold the boat on the wall. Only locks 13 and 15 are port side locks, the others below them are starboard locks, but the locks above them have water coming in from the centre, so the boater can go on either side.

Nice marina in Hastings with friendly helpful staff. Storm came up during dinner, passed quickly with some rain, cooled the air off nicely. Lori and Jay from BranchNOut caught up with us at the last lock, are once again docked across from us.

Picture shows a crib, now being used for markers and a resting place for seagulls. They were originally used for logging, to control the speed of the log booms coming down the system.