Lovely quiet mooring again and when I went for my early morning wee the sky was red and mist rising off the canal, mind you it was only 8° C. We were ready for the off at 9-30am and needles to say another boat went by so we slowly chugged behind them to but still caught them up at Swanley Bottom Lock, as they left I could see a lady with a windlass beyond the next bridge so waited and waited, eventually she arrived at the lock and assured me there was a boat coming and we waited and waited till one did appear. There was nothing lost in waiting as I would only have been in the queue at the next lock. Diana did the 3 Baddiley Locks and as she walked under the bridge she pointed back to this.
CRT were hard at work at the top lock removing piles of roots that had floated down onto the weir, some they had to cut up to be able to lift out all while standing in 6” of water on the weir crest.
Approaching Wrenbury a cruiser pulled out of the moorings ahead of us but they had already sent crew ahead on foot to lift the bridge, as you can see a motorist didn’t understand what red flashing lights meant at some point in the past. They also opened the next lift bridge before pulling over and mooring up again.
One farmer has found a way to diversify and hopefully making a bit cash. Ryebank Adventures
We carried on for a little bit before coming to Marbury Lock and after looking up moored a little way past the end of the lock moorings. Since we have been here its been quite busy with boats queuing to go down most of the afternoon.
Todays Journey
7¾ miles, 6 locks in 4½ hours.
The second part of out trip is now on Google map HERE
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