We set off about 10 am in bright sun and no frost last night. We only went about 50 yards before stopping on the offside to fill with water. While we were there they started trimming this tree beside 
the road. It wasn’t long before the sun gave up and went in. We met a surprising number of boat and even towed a hire boat off the mud just through Newbold Tunnel. I don’t know how much longer the gabions will hold out in the cutting just north of All Oaks.
From the M6 bridge onward we kept passing the odd black plastic refuse bag right until we reached bridge 16 when we were faced with a flotilla of them.
There were even a couple up past the pub. I will report this to CRT but it will require a boat to collect them. By now it was quite chilly just standing on the back of the boat as we made our way to Sutton Stop our target for the night.
Todays Journey 12¾ miles, no locks in 4½ hours
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