We had plenty of rain overnight but we woke to a bright cool morning, about 10°C cooler than yesterday. I was pretty sure that I heard a boat go by while it was still dark and sure enough the Star lock was empty. We did meet a few boats during the day and the rest of the locks were part filled. Lots of the bridges on this canal have been renumbered, in most cases when the old number is still there the new number has been mounted on top of it, in this case the number was mounted below an the old number 90 is clearly visible.At Sandon lock the lock side cottage as two old elm paddles, one each side of their doorway, I would have expected them to have come from the same lock, but the iron work is different.
This time I did manage to get a photograph of Salt Bridge, I just love the brickwork. it was here we met the second boat of the day and a short time later the third one. We stopped at Great Haywood to fill with water right opposite where the Audi bogged down a few days ago. It seems its an adventure camp site run by C2C Outdoors.
Once the tank was full we set off once more to drop down through Haywood lock before mooring for the night.
Todays Journey 10½ miles, 6 locks in 5 hours.
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