While travelling with his cousin , what happened with the narrator ? Did they miss the lock or were they travelling on a haunted river ? Justify your answer.

After tea, George tows the boat from the shore. According to J., the last few hours of towing are always the most difficult. He remembers going boating with a female cousin. When towing the boat at the end of the day, they got lost, only to be saved by a group of working-class locals.