Yesterday evening was nice and clear, I went out to adjust the TV aerial and looking up at the sky there was along row of Starlink Satellites right from the horizon to directly over our heads. Someone posted on Facebook they counted 30 of them. I did try for a photo but nothing showed up.
Later it was a rough old night, with wind and rain so we didn’t hurry this morning, but by the time we left at 11 am it was quite nice and dead calm, however that didn’t last, around mid day it hammered down and the wind was blowing in heavy squalls.
It was only a few minutes after setting off and we were passing the Dickens Heath development, there is a nice looking Italian restaurant behind the flats but unfortunately the gate on the bridge is closed early evening, so that’s a non runner for eating out.
We met several boats including hire and day boats, we even caught up with one hire boat that was needing to make good use of the pole off the bows, thankfully they waver us by. Then on to Shirley Draw Bridge, we only got 3 cars, but two turned round in front of the pub rather than waiting
It wasn’t long after this that it started to rain, not to hard, but then suddenly he turned both the tap and fan on, I was hard pushed to hold the brolly. We didn’t see any more boats on the move and I was looking forward to Brandwood Tunnel as I crept past the long line of moored boats at Lyons Boat Yard. As we came out of the tunnel the rain had stopped, we weren’t going much further, mooring at the junction for the night. Now the sun is peeping from behind the clouds .
Today’s Journey
6 miles with no locks in 2¼ hours
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