Woke to a lovely sunny morning and were away about 9-30 ish. Had good luck with the locks, the first was against us but a boat had just come in the top. After that all locks were with us and we even met a few boats so we could leave gates open. I think one chap lock wheeling on a bike thought we turned lock 50 against him as Diana had drawn both bottom paddles to drain the foot of water from the lock and walked back down to 51 to help me lock up.We stopped at the Red Bull Services except there isn’t much in the way off services now as thetoilet/shower is locked and the window boarded up, but we could fill with water and dump the rubbish. The gatehouse looks as if that has also had its windows broken. Will this be another site that CRT will be putting up for sale soon?
Once watered up we went up another couple of locks to moor a short distance below Plants Lock, ready for a trip to the tunnel in the morning
Today’s Journey 2¾ miles, 11 locks in 3 hours.
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