Tilstone

Had a ring round for diesel prices this morning and didn’t like what I heard so hoping to get to the T&M to fill up.

We were away about our normal 10 am and very little to report this morning other than very large banks of Floating Pennywort slowly drifting down the canal with the flow. One of the boat at Golden Nook has a fine collection of kiddies windmills on his roof.

I guess they are bird deterrents as we didn’t see loads of birds on any of the boats it’s hard to say. I rather liked the boat name of one of the ones along here .

As well as the Pennywort the Giant Hogweed is doing very well along here as well.

We stopped at the Shady Oak and Diana nipped in and bought a pizza for lunch, one with salad was fine for the two of us. After lunch we continued up Whartons Lock, at the top of the lock an elderly lady who was with her son had felt unwell, sat on the bench and looked semi conscious, we gave her some water and an ice pack, her son said after they had sat a few minutes they would walk back to the car at The Shady Oak. We weren't happy with this so I took the boat to the next winding hole and returned to pick them up. Diana had staid with them and kept the lock ready for my return. By this time with two of us helping she was able to walk and had told Diana she was almost 93 years old. The garden bench on the tug deck cam in very handy and we soon had both of them sitting on it and headed back to the pub, I may her stay sitting while her son fetched the car, she was much more lucid by now, we then helped her from the boat into his car and wished them well.
This just left us facing the wrong way and a long run to wind, so I reversed to the winding hole about half way to the lock winded and joined the boat I had just met to do the lock for the third time today. I was quite surprised the number of boats coming down the locks this time of day and both us and the boat who went ahead up the Iron Lock met a couple of boats at each lock. The pound between Iron and stone locks is getting quite low and we decided to moor for the night just above Beeston Stone Lock.

 

Today’s Journey

10¾ miles with 5 locks (1 three times) in  5¾ hours

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