Well we didn’t wake to the rain today but it was raining before we were up. Being in no rush we waited until 10-30 before setting off when we thought the rain was done with, wrong. It was mid day before it really cleared out and then it got quite warm. As we approached the bend just after Hademore House Bridge the weather was probably at its best with this reflection of a Cherry Tree, I would have been better but a Moorhen decided to make a ripple.
Passing by the canal side building just before Bell Bridge the building with the Dutch Barge stile Narrowboat moored outside, looking back you can see it has a some what fantastic window in the end.
By half past two it was starting to rain again, quite heavily so we decided we would moor just before Fradley Junction if there was room, needless to say there wasn’t, so it was onto the Trent and Mersey Canal and turn left just in time to see a boat had just left the lock coming towards us, so the first of three locks were with us, as we cleared Middle Lock a boat was locking down in Shadehouse Lock, this time after a short wait the gates were open ready for us. Above the lock all the moorings were full so we pushed on, meetinhg3 boats between here an Woodend lock, luckily the next boat coming down saw us and reopened the bottom gates for us. Above the lock we just managed to fit the very end of the piling for the night.
Today’s Journey
12 miles, 3 locks in 5¼ hours
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